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  "text": "THE PUNJAB INFORMATION OF TEMPORARY RESIDENTS \r\nACT 2015  \r\n(VIII of 2015) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Information to police \r\n4. Guests other than students and staff \r\n5. Identification of tenants and guests \r\n6. Use of information \r\n7. Inspection and interviews \r\n8. Firearms and explosives \r\n9. Change of timelines \r\n10. Assistance to police \r\n11. Penalties \r\n12. Cognizance and summary trial \r\n13. Compounding of offence \r\n14. Annual report \r\n15. In addition to other laws \r\n16. Power to make rules \r\n17. Repeal \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB INFORMATION OF TEMPORARY RESIDENTS ACT 2015  \r\n(VIII of 2015) \r\n[10th March, 2015] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for sharing of information of tenants and other temporary residents. \r\nWHEREAS it is expedient to obtain information about tenants and other \r\ntemporary residents; to develop a database of such persons; to effectively combat \r\nterrorism and other crimes; to use such information for investigation and prosecution \r\nof certain offences; and, to provide for ancillary matters; \r\nIt is enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the \r\nPunjab Information of Temporary Residents Act 2015. \r\n(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once.  \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act: \r\n(a) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898); \r\n(b) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(c) “guest” means a person who is in possession or enjoyment of lodging, \r\nor board and lodging at a hotel  or a hostel except an employee of the \r\nhotel or hostel; \r\n(d) “hostel” means a premises where residential accommodation is offered \r\nfor rent or any other consideration but shall not include a rented \r\npremises or a hotel or a hostel exclusively managed and controll ed by \r\nan organization or institution and which is being exclusively used for \r\nthe residence of the enrolled students or staff of such organization or \r\ninstitution; \r\n(e) “hotel” means a premises meant for lodging, or board and lodging \r\noffered to guests for monetar y consideration or otherwise and includes \r\na guest house, resort, motel, inn or sarai but shall not include a rented \r\npremises or a hostel; \r\n(f) “landlord” means the owner of the premises let out for residential \r\npurpose or which may be used as a temporary place o f abode and \r\nincludes a lessor or a person who is entitled or authorized to receive \r\nrent, lease amount, charges or any other monetary consideration;  \r\n                                                           \r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 04 March 2015; assented to by the Governor of the  Punjab on 09 March \r\n2015; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 10.3.2015, pages 2803-2806. \r\n(g) “manager” means a person who is employed or authorized by the \r\nowner or landlord for the management of a hotel or a hostel; \r\n(h) “police” means the police constituted under the Police Order, 2002 \r\n(C.E. Order No. 22 of 2002); \r\n(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under the Act; \r\n(j) “property dealer” means the property dealer who deals in the rented \r\npremises or hostels for monetary consideration; \r\n(k) “rented premises” means a building or part of a building which is let out \r\nfor residential purpose or which may be used as a temporary place of \r\nabode but shall not include a hotel or a hostel; and \r\n(l) “tenant” means the occupa nt of a rented premises and includes a \r\nlessee or a sub-tenant. \r\n3. Information to police .– (1) Subject to subsection (3), the property dealer, \r\nlandlord and  tenant shall, within fifteen days from the time of delivery of possession \r\nof the rented premises to the tenant, provide information about the tenant in the \r\nprescribed manner to the police through the fastest means of communication. \r\n(2) The owner or manager shall, within twenty four hours from the time of \r\narrival or check in of a guest, provide informatio n about the guest in the prescribed \r\nmanner to the police through the fastest means of communication. \r\n(3) If one of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) or subsection (2) \r\nprovides the requisite information, the other concurrently responsible persons shal l \r\nnot be liable for non-provision of the information to the police. \r\n4. Guests other than students and staff .– (1) A person, not being student or \r\nstaff of an organization or institution, shall not stay at a hostel exclusively managed \r\nand controlled by the o rganization or institution without prior permission in writing of \r\nthe manager. \r\n(2) The manager shall, within twenty four hours from the time he receives \r\ninformation about stay of a person mentioned in subsection (1), provide information \r\nin the prescribed manner about the particulars of the person to the police through the \r\nfastest means of communication.   \r\n5. Identification of tenants and guests .– (1) The landlord, manager or \r\nproperty dealer shall not allow any tenant or guest to stay at the rented premises,  \r\nhostel or hotel unless he is satisfied about the identification of the tenant or the guest \r\non the basis the computerized national identity card or passport of such tenant or \r\nguest.  \r\n(2) The landlord, manager or property dealer shall obtain a copy of the \r\ncomputerized national identity card or passport of the tenant or the guest and shall \r\nprovide such copy to the police at the earliest. \r\n6. Use of information .– (1) The police shall maintain a database of all the \r\ntenants and guests by categorizing them in the prescribed manner.  \r\n(2) The police shall conduct analysis of the data for prevention, detection \r\nand investigation of offences.  \r\n(3) The information received under this Act shall not be used for any \r\npurpose other than prevention, detection, investigation an d prosecution of offences \r\nof terrorism and other offences under the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860).  \r\n7. Inspection and interviews .– (1) A police officer not below the rank of Sub -\r\nInspector may, subject to a reasonable notice and for purposes of this Act:  \r\n(a) inspect a rented premises, hostel or hotel; and \r\n(b) obtain necessary information from the relevant documents and persons \r\nincluding landlord, tenant, manager, guest or property dealer. \r\n(2) The police shall ensure compliance of this Act through spot inspections \r\nand local verifications.  \r\n8. Firearms and explosives .– (1) The landlord, manager and the property \r\ndealer shall ensure that the tenant or guest is not carrying or in possession of a \r\nfirearm or any explosives other than a licensed weapon.  \r\n(2) The owner or manager of a hostel or hotel shall keep an entry of any \r\nlicensed weapon being carried by a guest and provide such information to the police \r\nin the prescribed manner.  \r\n9. Change of timelines .– The Government may, by notification in the offic ial \r\nGazette, extend the timelines provided for provision of information to the police \r\nunder this Act for any category of persons, rented premises, hostels or hotels.   \r\n10. Assistance to police .– A police officer not below the rank of Deputy \r\nSuperintendent of Police may call for the information about the ownership or title of a \r\nrented premises or a hostel from any relevant office, body or authority maintaining \r\nrecord of rights, transfer deeds or other title documents.  \r\n11. Penalties.– If a person knowingly contravenes the provision of section 3, 4, 5 \r\nor 8 or fails to allow access to premises or provide information to the police under \r\nsection 7 or section 10, he shall be liable to punishment of imprisonment which may \r\nextend to six months and fine which shall n ot be less than ten thousand rupees or \r\nmore than one hundred thousand rupees.  \r\n12. Cognizance and summary trial .– (1) An offence under this Act shall be \r\ncognizable and non-bailable.  \r\n(2) A Magistrate of the first class shall conduct the trial of an offence  under \r\nthis Act in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXII of the Code relating to the \r\nsummary trials. \r\n13. Compounding of offence.– (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Government or \r\nan officer of the Government specifically authorized in this behalf may, at any stage, \r\ncompound an offence under this Act subject to the deposit of administrative penalty \r\nwhich shall not be less than ten thousand rupees.  \r\n(2) The offence under this Act shall not be compoundable if the accused \r\nhad been previously convicted under the Act or his previous offence had been \r\ncompounded by the Government or the officer authorized by the Government.  \r\n14. Annual report .– (1) Every Head of District Police shall send a monthly \r\nimplementation report to the Government under this Act. \r\n(2) The Government shall, before 31 March each year, submit a \r\nconsolidated implementation annual report in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab \r\nrelating to the preceding year containing summary of the activities and \r\nrecommendations for implementation of the Act. \r\n15. In addition to other laws .– The provision of this Act shall be in addition to \r\nand not in derogation of any other law. \r\n16. Power to make rules .– The Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n17. Repeal.– The Punjab Information of Temporary Residents Ordinance, 2015 (II \r\nof 2015) is hereby repealed.",
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