SUTHRA PUNJAB AUTHORITY ACT 2026

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THE SUTHRA PUNJAB AUTHORITY ACT 2026 
(XII of 2026) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short Title, Extent and Commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Establishment of the Authority 
4. Meetings of the Authority 
5. Powers and Functions of the Authority 
6. Committees 
7. Director General 
8. Employees of the Authority 
9. Fee and Other Charges 
10. Establishment of the Agency 
11. Meetings of the Agency 
12. Powers and Functions of the Agency 
13. Managing Director 
14. Appointment of Officers and Employees of the Agency 
15. Waste Management Inspector 
16. Offences and Penalties 
17. Assignment of Powers and Functions for Regulation and Enforcement of 
Offences 
18. Fund of the Authority and Agency 
19. Fee and Charges 
20. Budget 
21. Accounts 
22. Audit 
23. Annual Report 
24. Bar of Jurisdiction 
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25. Delegation 
26. Transition 
27. Indemnity 
28. Recovery of Dues 
29. Employees to be Public Servants 
30. Power to Make Rules 
31. Power to Frame Regulations 
32. Act to Prevail 
33. Removal of Difficulties 
34. Repeal and Saving 
SCHEDULE 
 
 
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TEXT 
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THE SUTHRA PUNJAB AUTHORITY ACT 2026 
(XII of 2026) 
[25 February 2026] 
An 
Act 
to establish the Suthra Punjab Authority. 
It is necessary to provide for the establishment of the Suthra Punjab Authority for 
management of solid waste, regulation of sanitation services, development of an 
integrated system for collection, transportation, treatment and safe disposal of waste, 
promotion of recycling and waste -to-energy initiatives, improvement of rural sanitation 
and hygiene, protection of public health, to provide every person clean, healthy and 
sustainable environment and the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto.  
It is hereby enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. – (1) This Act may be cited as the 
Suthra Punjab Authority Act 2026.  
(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab, provided that the Government may, by 
notification in the official Gazette, exempt application of the Act to any specific area. 
(3) It shall come into force at once.  
2. Definitions.– In the Act: 
(a) “Act” means the Suthra Punjab Authority Act 2026; 
(b) “Agency” means the Suthra Punjab Agency established under the Act; 
(c) “Authority” means the Suthra Punjab Authority established under the Act; 
(d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority or the Agency, as 
the case may be; 
(e) “Director General” means the Director General of the Authority; 
(f) “Fund” means the Suthra Punjab Authority Fund and Suthra Punjab 
Agency Fund, as the case may be, provided under the Act; 
(g) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; 
(h) “Managing Director” means Managing Director of the Agency; 
(i) “person” means a natural or juridical person; 
(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or the regulations made or 
framed under the Act; 
(k) “regulations” means the regulations framed under the Act; 
(l) “rules” means the rules made under the Act; 
(m) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to the Act; 
                                                           
1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 04 February 2026; and was assented to by Governor of the Punjab 
on 25 February 2026; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 25 February 2026, pp. 4531-4542. 
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(n) “waste” means the solid waste generated within the area of the Agency 
which includes domestic waste, commercial waste, market waste, 
institutional waste, street sweeping waste, garden waste, solid waste 
collected from a drain or watercourse in an urban are a or any other type 
of waste as may be notified by the Authority; and 
(o) “waste management” means removal, collection, storage, transportation, 
dumping, recycling or disposal of solid waste and includes sanitation 
except the areas where such function is being performed by the Punjab 
Water and Sanitation Authority established under th e Punjab Water and 
Sanitation Authority Act 2025 (VII of 2025). 
3. Establishment of the Authority .– (1) There shall be an Authority to be known 
as the Suthra Punjab Authority for carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and 
a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of movable or immovable 
property and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. 
 (3) The Authority shall consist of:  
(a) Chief Minister. Chairperson 
(b) Minister for Local Government and 
Community Development. 
Vice Chairperson 
(c) Secretary to the Government, Local 
Government and Community Development 
Department or his representative not below 
the rank of an Additional Secretary.  
Member 
(d) Secretary to the Government, Finance 
Department or his representative not below 
the rank of an Additional Secretary.  
Member 
(e) Secretary to the Government, Housing, 
Urban Development and Public Health 
Engineering Department or his 
representative not below the rank of an 
Additional Secretary.  
Member 
(f) Secretary to the Government, Environment 
Protection and Climate Change Department 
or his representative not below the rank of 
an Additional Secretary. 
Member 
(g) all Divisional Commissioners, Government 
of the Punjab or their representatives not 
below the rank of an Additional 
Commissioner. 
Members 
(h) four technical expert s including a female 
expert, either from the field of waste 
management, sanitation, environment, 
finance or any other related field. 
Members 
(i) Director General. Member/Secretary 
 
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(4) The Members at clause (h) of sub-section (3): 
(a) shall be nominated by the Chief Minister for a maximum period of 
three years, who shall serve during the pleasure of the Chief 
Minister; and 
(b) may resign before the expiry of tenure by submitting written 
resignation to the Chief Minister.  
(5) The Authority may co-opt an expert in the relevant field as Member for its 
assistance and advice on the matter under consideration but such co -opted Member 
shall not have a right to vote. 
4. Meetings of the Authority.– (1) The Authority shall meet, at least, once in three 
months at such time and place and observe such procedure with regard to transaction 
of its business as it may determine. 
(2) The meetings of the Authority shall be presided over or convened by the 
Chairperson or Vice Chairperson.  
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the A uthority shall be one -half of its total 
Members. 
(4) The decisions of the Authority shall be taken by majority of the Members 
present and voting and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairperson or Vice 
Chairperson presiding over the meeting, as the c ase may be, shall have the casting 
vote. 
(5) The Director General shall maintain a complete record of minutes of the 
meeting of the Authority. 
(6) No act, decision, order or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by 
reason of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority. 
5. Powers and functions of the Authority .– (1) The Authority shall perform the 
functions and exercise the powers for carrying out the purposes of the Act.  
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provi sion, the 
Authority shall:  
(a) ensure waste management; 
(b) make policies, develop, approve and implement key performance 
indicators, as well as, minimum standards for service delivery by the 
Agency; 
(c) review and monitor performance of the Agency; 
(d) approve fees and charges for waste management services rendered by 
the Agency; 
(e) formulate, standards, procedures, processes, guidelines, standing 
operating procedures for collection, disposal, transportation, treatment 
and reuse of solid waste; 
(f) prescribe licensing, registration and compliances related to waste 
management; 
(g) approve waste management schemes and waste to value projects; 
(h) develop landfill sites;  
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(i) prescribe service regulations of employees of the Authority and Agency; 
(j) appoint officers and employees of the A uthority and Agency in such 
manners as may be prescribed by the regulations; 
(k) administer and enforce the Act, rules and regulations; 
(l) hire advisors or consultants for the purposes of the Act; 
(m) procure machinery, equipment, material, goods, services or any other 
item required for the performance of its functions;  
(n) outsource one or more functions assigned to it , on such terms and 
conditions as it may determine; 
(o) enhance scope of an existing contract, on such terms and conditions as it 
may determine; 
(p) assign additional work and the resources to an existing contract , on such 
terms and conditions as it may determine;  
(q) perform any other function as may be assigned to it by the Government; 
and 
(r) perform such other functions or exercise such other powers as may be 
necessary and ancillary thereto. 
6. Committees.– (1) The Authority may constitute such financial, technical, 
administrative, advisory or other committees, as it may deem necessary for carrying o ut 
the purposes of the Act and such committees shall exercise such powers and perform 
such functions as may be delegated or assigned to them by the Authority.  
 (2) The Authority may constitute one or more special committees at Agency 
level, as it may deem  necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act and such 
committees shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be 
delegated or assigned to them by the Authority. 
7. Director General .– (1) The Chief Minister shall appoint the Director General 
who shall be an officer of Basic Scale 19 or above from the Pakistan Administrative 
Service or Provincial Management Service, in such manner and on such terms and 
conditions as the Authority may prescribe and, until so prescribed, as the Chief Mini ster 
may determine.   
(2) The Director General, subject to the general supervision and direction of 
the Authority, shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
(3) The Director General shall be the Principal Accounting Officer of the 
Authority.  
(4) The Director General shall exercise such powers as are provided in the 
Act or as may be prescribed or delegated to him by the Authority. 
(5) The Director General may issu e instructions to ensure smooth 
performance of functions assigned to the Agency. 
8. Employees of the Authority .– (1) The Authority may appoint such officers, 
officials and other employees on such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. 
(2) Until so presc ribed under sub -section (1), Secretary to the Government, 
Local Government and Community Development Department may post or assign 
additional charge of any post of officer of the Authority. 
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9. Fee and other charges .– The Authority may approve fee and other  charges for 
waste management and any other service provided under the Act. 
10. Establishment of the Agency .– (1) The Authority may notify  one or more 
Agencies in a district, along -with area of its jurisdiction, to be known as the Suthra 
Punjab Agency for providing services related to waste management.  
(2) The Agency shall consist of the following:  
(a) a person nominated by the Chief Minister Chairperson 
(b) Deputy Commissioner of the district. Member 
(c) Deputy Director, Local Government and 
Community Development Department. 
Member 
(d) all concerned Assistant Commissioners within the 
area of the agency. 
Members 
(e) all concerned Chief Officers of local governments 
within the area of the agency. 
Members 
(f) a representative of Environment Protection Agency 
at district level not below the rank of BS-17. 
Member 
(g) Managing Director. Member/ 
Secretary 
(h) any other person(s) nominated by the Authority. Member 
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (1) and (2), where the 
waste management is being executed by the Agency itself, the Authority may constitute 
an Agency consisting of such members, having such area, as it may deem appropriate 
and delegate to it such of its financial, administrative or other powers as are ancillary or 
required for performance of its functions.  
11. Meetings of the Agency .– (1) The Agency shall meet at least once in every 
month and observe such procedure with regard to transaction of its business as it may 
determine or as may be prescribed by the Authority. 
(2) In case of absence of Chairperson of the Agency, the Vice Chairperson of 
the Authority may nominate a member of the Agency as Chairperson to convene a 
meeting.  
(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Agency shall be one -half of its total 
Members. 
(4) The decisions of the Agency shall be taken by majority of the Members 
present and voting and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairperson presiding over 
the meeting shall have the casting vote.   
(5) The Managing Director shall maintain a complete record of the minutes of 
the meeting of the Agency. 
(6) No act, decision, order or proceedings of the Agency shall be invalid by 
reason of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Agency. 
12. Powers and functions of the Agency.– (1) The Agency shall have powers to: 
(a) enforce the Act, the rules and the regulations; 
(b) enforce policies for waste management; 
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(c) ensure achievement of key performance indicators and implementation of 
standards for service delivery; 
(d) implement standards, procedures, processes, guidelines, st anding 
operating procedures for collection, disposal, transportation, treatment 
and reuse of solid waste; 
(e) develop, operate, maintain and improve an integrated system for 
collection, transportation, treatment and safe disposal of waste, 
improvement of sanit ation and hygiene, protection of public health and 
preservation of environment; 
(f) execute, regulate and supervise waste management, either itself or 
through outsourcing, as may be directed by the Authority; 
(g) enter into negotiated tendering for hiring services , human resource, 
machinery and equipment etc., for self -operations up to a period of 
ninety-days, with one or more contractors with or without prior publication 
of a procurement notification brought about by events such as termination 
or expiry of contract or due to any other  
unforeseeable reason, the time limits laid down for open and limited 
bidding methods cannot be met, however, the circumstances invoked to 
justify such urgency must not be attributable to the procuring agency;  
provided that in case, self -operations extend beyond ninety days, the 
Authority may extend such period; 
(h) implement and execute waste management schemes, approved by the 
Authority; 
(i) issue licenses, registration, compliances related to waste management; 
(j) collect fee fo r registration, licensing, collection and disposal of solid 
waste, sanitation and other services rendered by the Agency; 
(k) promote awareness about recycling, waste disposal, zero waste and 
waste to value investment;  
(l) enter into contract on behalf of the Authority for an outsourced function  
subject to clause (f); 
(m) impose administrative penalties, recover receivables and make payments 
against the work done in case of violation by the contractor of the contract 
under clause (k);  
(n) constitute financial, technic al, administrative, advisory or other 
committees, having such powers and perform such functions as may be 
delegated or assigned to them by the Agency; and  
(o) perform such other functions and exercise such other powers as may be 
entrusted or delegated by the Authority.  
(2) The Agency shall also perform such functions or execute such schemes 
as entrusted to it by the Government and also perform, with the approval of the 
Authority, such functions as entrusted to it by the local government or any other 
authority or agency established under any other law for the time being in force.  
13. Managing Director .– (1) A Managing Director of each Agency shall be 
appointed in such manner as may be prescribed by the Authority , and until so 
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prescribed, an officer of Basic Scale 18 from the Pakistan Administrative Service or 
Provincial Management Service or Local Government Service or any other service may 
be appointed on such terms and conditions as may be specified. 
(2) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community 
Development Department shall post the officers of Pakistan Administrative Service or 
Provincial Management Service or any other service placed at his disposal, as 
Managing Director.  
(3) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community 
Development Departme nt may post the officers of Local Government Service or 
Directorate General, Local Government and Community Development, as Managing 
Director.  
(4) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community 
Development Department may assign additional cha rge of any vacant post of 
Managing Director to any officer posted in the district.   
(5) The Managing Director shall be the Principal Accounting Officer of the 
Agency, responsible for general and active management of the business of the Agency 
and ensure the implementation of the directions of the Authority. 
14. Appointment of officers and employees of the Agency .– (1) The officers, 
officials and other employees of the Agency shall be appointed in accordance with the 
regulations prescribed by the Authority. 
(2) Until so prescribed under sub -section (1), Secretary to the Government, 
Local Government and Community Development Department may post or assign the 
additional charge of any post of officer of the Agency. 
15. Waste Management Inspector.– The Agency shall, in such manner as may be 
prescribed by the Authority, appoint or designate Waste Management Inspectors for 
enforcement of provisions of the Act. 
16. Offences and penalties .– (1) Every Waste Management Inspector, appointed 
or designated under the Act, may summarily act to prevent the commission of an 
offence under the Act.  
(2) If a Waste Management Inspector has good cause to believe that a 
person has committed an offence under the Act, he may:  
(a) require that person to state his name and place of residence; and 
(b) issue a warning to the person to whom it is addressed with respect to the 
contravention requiring such person to take corrective action within a 
specified period of time which shall not be less  than two days to remedy 
the condition caused by his action. 
(3)  Where a person has taken corrective action to the satisfaction of the 
Waste Management Inspector who issued the warning, no prosecution shall be 
commenced with respect to such offence.  
(4)  Where a Waste Management Inspector requires a corrective action and 
the person to whom it is addressed fails to comply with the order to the satisfaction of 
the Waste Management Inspector, the Inspector may initiate prosecution with respect 
to that offence.  
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(5) The Waste Management Inspector shall issue ticket against the offences 
listed in Part-A of the Schedule in such manner as may be approved by the Authority.  
(6)  Fine shall only be deposited in the bank account of the Agency within ten 
days from the date of issuance of ticket.  
(7) An authorized officer or official of the Agency shall , on weekly basis , 
provide a scroll of all unpaid tickets to the concerned Magistrate.  
(8) Any person aggrieved from any order made or fine imposed by Waste 
Management Inspector, may, within the period mentioned in such order and within 
seven days in case of fine receipt, prefer an appeal before the Managing Director 
whose decision thereon shall be final. 
(9) In relation to the offences specified in Part -A of the Schedu le, the Waste 
Management Inspector shall issue ticket of double fine if an accused person repeats 
any of such offence.  
(10) In case an offence specified in Part -B of the Schedule is committed, the 
Waste Management Inspector, with the approval of Managing Director, shall lodge the 
First Information Report. 
(11) The Magistrate appointed under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V 
of 1898) shall try the offences listed in Part -B of the Schedule in the summarily manner 
and may impose fine or imprisonment or both, as given in the Schedule. 
17. Assignment of powers and functions for regulation and enforcement of 
offences.– The Authority may assign its regulatory powers and functions for 
enforcement of provisions of the Act to the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory 
Authority established under the Punjab Enforcement and Regulation Act 2024 (XI of 
2024) on mutually agreed terms and conditions.  
18. Fund of the Authority and Agency.– (1) There shall be a Fund of the Authority 
to be known as the Suthra Punjab Authority Fund, which shall vest in the Authority and 
shall be utilized by the Authority to perform its functions and meet i ts expenses 
including payment of salaries and other remuneration to its officers, employees, 
experts, advisers and consultants. 
(2) The Suthra Punjab Authority Fund shall consist of: 
(a) grants by the Government; 
(b) all moneys received from the Federal Go vernment, the Government and 
their bodies, local government or any national or international agency by 
way of grants, loans, advances or otherwise; 
(c) all fees, charges and other moneys received by the Authority; 
(d) all moneys received by the Authority from the disposal of lands, buildings 
and other movable and immovable properties; and 
(e) all other sums received by the Authority.  
(3) There shall be a separate Fund for each Agency to be known as the 
Suthra Punjab Agenc y Fund which shall vest in the Authority and shall be utilized to 
perform functions assigned to Agency under the Act and entrusted by the Authority and 
shall be expended in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations. 
(4) The Suthra Punjab Agency Fund shall consist of: 
(a) grants by the Government; 
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(b) funds transferred by the Authority; and 
(c) all fees, charges, penalties, fines and other moneys received by the 
Agency.  
(5) The Authority and its Agency may open their accounts in the Bank of 
Punjab. 
(6) In case of excess amount, the Authority and its Agency may invest such 
amount in Government securities, Government sponsored saving schemes, as per 
policy of the Government. 
19. Fee and charges .– (1) The Agency shall collect such fee, fines, pe nalties, 
charges and surcharge for the provision of waste management or any other service 
provided, within its area as may be imposed by the Authority. 
(2) The rates of imposition of a fee, charges and surcharge by an Agency, 
under this section, shall be published on the website of the Authority. 
20. Budget.– (1) The Director General, in case of Authority, and Managing Director, 
in case of Agency, shall prepare, in such manner and at such time as may be 
determined by the Authority, their respective budgets in respect of each financial year. 
(2) The Director General shall place the budget of the Authority, for approval, 
before the Authority and Managing Director shall place the Agency's budget, after its 
recommendation, before the Authority for approval by the Authority: 
Provided that if the budget of the Agency is not approved by the Authority within 
thirty days from its receipt, without any observation in writing by the Authority, it shall 
be deemed to have been approved by the Authority. 
21. Accounts.– The Authority and the Agency shall maintain proper accounts, other 
relevant records and prepare annual statement of accounts in such form and manner 
as may be prescribed by the regulations. 
22. Audit.– (1) The accounts of the Authority and Agency shall be audi ted annually 
by the Auditor General of Pakistan and such qualified auditor or audit agency, as 
appointed with the approval of the Government. 
(2) All the payments from the Suthra Punjab Authority Fund and Suthra 
Punjab Agency Fund shall be pre -audited in such manner as may be prescribed by the 
Authority. 
(3) The Authority may get conducted special audit or third party audit at any 
time from the Auditor General of Pakistan or from such qualified auditor or audit firm, as 
it may determine. 
23. Annual report .– (1) The Authority shall, within six months of the close of a 
financial year, submit to the Government an annual report. 
(2) The Annual report shall consist of: 
(a) the statement of accounts and audit reports of the Authority and the 
Agency; 
(b) a comprehensive statement of the works and activities of the Authority 
and the Agency during the preceding financial year and its proposed 
projects and schemes; and 
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(c) such other matters as may be prescribed or as the Authority may 
consider appropriate. 
(3) The Agency shall submit its report comprising of statements and other 
matters, as provided under sub -section (2), within three months of the close of a 
financial year, to the Authority. 
(4) The Government shall, within three months of the receipt of the annual 
report from the Authority, cause it to be laid in Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. 
24. Bar of jurisdiction .– No order made in exercise of any power conferred by or 
under the Act shall be called in question in any court except in such manner as may be 
provided under the Act. 
25. Delegation.– (1) The Authority may delegate to the Vice Chairperson, Director 
General, its committee, a Member, officer or employee, or its Agency or its Member, 
officer or employees any of its functions and powers subject to such conditions as it 
may think fit, except the following: 
(a) framing or amendment or repeal of the regulations; 
(b) approval of annual budget of the Authority; 
(c) consideration and decision on the audit reports; 
(d) constituting a committee or filling a vacancy therein; and  
(e) filling a vacancy in the Authority.   
(2) The Agency may delegate to the Managing Director, its Members, officers 
or its employees such powers and functions subject to such conditions as it may deem 
appropriate. 
26. Transition.– (1) All existing assets, funds, liabilities, properties whether 
moveable or immoveable, employees and all the Suthr a Punjab Program related 
contracts including outsourced tehsil waste management contracts of the Waste 
Management Companies, on the establishment of the Authority and the Agencies shall 
be transferred to the Authority on such date as may be determined by the Authority.  
(2) All the Suthra Punjab Program related contracts including outsourced 
tehsil waste management contracts of Waste Management Companies shall be 
deemed to have been duly executed by the Agency of the respective district. 
 (3)  In order to give effect to the provision of sub-section (2), the Agency shall 
sign an addendum agreement with the contractor including incorporation of the terms 
and conditions to ensure efficient performance of the function.    
(4) Subject to sub-section (3), the Authority may enhance or reduce scope of 
work or terminate the contract on violating any condition of the contract.  
(5) Subject to sub -section (6), the Authority may further transfer assets, 
funds, liabilities, properties w hether moveable or immovable employees and contracts 
of the Waste Management Companies, to the Agencies. 
(6) Each Agency shall succeed: 
(a) such property of the Authority located within district which, in view of the 
Authority, is required by it for the du e discharge of any function under the 
Act;  
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(b) such employees, in view of the Authority, are required by it for the 
discharge of any function under the Act; and  
(c) such rights, funds, claims or liabilities or portion thereof, in the district, as 
determined by the Authority.  
(7)  The Director General, after taking approval from the Authority, shall, by a 
general or special order, provide for the manner of succession and discharge liabilities 
of Waste Management Companies.  
 (8)  The Director General, aft er approval from the Authority, shall assign 
properties, rights, funds, claims or liabilities among the Agencies. 
 (9) On completion of succession, all Waste Management Companies shall be 
wound up in accordance with law. 
 (10) Notwithstanding anything cont ained in this section, the employees of 
Waste Management Companies shall continue for a period as may be determined by 
the Authority, for successful transition and winding up under sub -section (7), and for 
such period their salaries shall be paid by the Au thority, unless otherwise decided to 
dispense with the services of any employee. 
(11) The Authority or Agency may terminate the services of any employee 
whose services are not required. 
Explanation: For the purpose of this section, the term “property” shall include any land, 
building, office, work, facility, amenity, vehicle, machinery, equipment, plant, store or 
apparatus, etc. 
27. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the 
Authority or the Agency and their Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Members,  officers, 
employees, the Director General, the Managing Director, in respect of anything done or 
intended to be done in good faith under the Act. 
28. Recovery of dues.– Any sum that is due to the Authority or the Agency shall be 
recoverable as arrears of land revenue. 
29. Employees to be public servants .– All employees of the Authority and Agency 
shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan 
Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860). 
30. Power to make rules .– The Government may, by notification in the official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. 
31. Power to fr ame regulations .– Subject to the Act and the rules, the Authority 
may, by notification in the official Gazette, frame regulations for carrying out the 
purposes of the Act. 
32. Act to prevail .– In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the 
provisions of the Act and the provisions of any other law, the provisions of the Act shall, 
to the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, prevail. 
33. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the 
provisions of the Act, th e Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make 
such order, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act, as it may deem necessary 
for the purposes of removing such difficulty. 
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34. Repeal and Saving.  (1) The Suthra Punjab Authority Ordinance 2025  (IX of 
2025) is hereby repealed. 
 (2) Notwithstanding, the repeal of the Suthra Punjab Authority Ordinance 
2025 (IX of 2025), anything done or any action taken under the repealed Ordinance 
shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Act. 
 (3) The repeal shall not affect the previous operations of the repealed law, 
any right, privilege, or obligation acquired, any penalty or fine or punishment imposed 
for an offence and any investigation or legal proceedings currently in progress. 
 
  
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SCHEDULE 
[(see section 2(m)] 
PART-A 
Sr. No. Offence Fine 
1.  Without permission of the Agency, causing or 
knowingly or negligently allowing the 
contents of any sink, sewer or cesspool or 
any other offensive matter to flow, or drain or 
to be put upon any street, or public place, or 
into irrigation channel or any sewer or drain 
not set apart for the purpose. 
Rs.50,000 in case of 
industrial concerns;  
Rs.25,000 in case of 
commercial concerns; and 
Rs.10,000 for others.  
2.  Disposal of carcasses of animals in 
prohibited zone notified by the Agency.  
Rs.50,000.  
3.  Failure to dispose of offal, fat or any organ or 
part of a dead animal in a place set apart for 
the purpose by the Agency.  
Rs.50,000.  
4.  Throwing or placing any refuse, litter or 
garbage on any street, road or any place, not 
designated by the Agency for the purpose.  
Rs.10,000.  
5.  Failure to provide for disposal of litter or 
garbage inside or outside a premises by its 
owner or occupier as m ay be directed by the 
Agency.  
Rs.50,000 in case of 
industrial concerns;  
Rs.25,000 in case of 
commercial concerns; 
Rs.10,000 for residential and 
others.  
6.  Failure to maintain clean premises of the 
area in front of a house, shop, office or 
factory or any other premises up to the public 
street or road serving this facility.  
Rs.25,000 in case of 
industrial concerns;  
Rs.15,000 in case of 
commercial concerns; 
Rs.5,000 for residential and 
others.  
7.  Failure to provide, close, remove, alter, 
repair, clean, disinfect or put in proper order 
any latrine, urinal drain, cesspool or other 
receptacle for filth, sullage, water or refuse 
by an owner or occupier of a house,  shop, 
office, industry or premises.  
Rs.50,000 in case of 
industrial concerns; 
Rs.25,000 in case of 
commercial concerns; and  
Rs.10,000 for others.  
8.  Failure to clean the premises, houses, shops 
and cultivated lands of the plastic bags and 
other non-perishable materials. 
Rs. 1,000 in case of 
residential; and 
Rs. 2,000/- for others. 
9.  Contravention of any prohibition or direction 
of the Agency issued under the Act or rules 
or regulations.  
Rs.5,000.  
10.  Collecting, lifting or sorting of solid or 
domestic waste without license from the 
Agency. 
Rs. 10,000. 
11.  Damaging or polluting physical environment, 
inside or outside private or public premises, 
in a manner to endanger public health.  
Rs.10,000 for public 
premises; and 
Rs.5,000 for private premises.  
12.  Contravention of the prohibition or attempt or 
abetment of any of the offences in this Part.   
Same as for the offence 
specified in the Schedule. 
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PART-B 
Sr. 
No. Offence Fine 
1. Burning of solid waste, inside or outside 
private premises or at public premises by an 
individual or by some establishment, entity or 
factory. 
(i) Fine up to five hundred 
thousand rupees; or 
(ii) Imprisonment up to two 
years; or   
(iii) Both. 
2.  Obstructing or hindering Waste Management 
Inspector or authorized officer, official or 
employee in the execution of his duties under 
the Act or rules or regulations. 
(i) Fine up  to five hundred 
thousand rupees; or 
(ii) Imprisonment up to one 
year; or  
(iii) Both. 
3. Burning of tyres as a fuel by an individual or 
by some establishment, entity or factory. 
(i) Fine up  to five hundred 
thousand rupees; or 
(ii) Imprisonment up to two 
years; or  
(iii) Both. 
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