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Appointment of Officers and Employees of the Agency \r\n15. Waste Management Inspector \r\n16. Offences and Penalties \r\n17. Assignment of Powers and Functions for Regulation and Enforcement of \r\nOffences \r\n18. Fund of the Authority and Agency \r\n19. Fee and Charges \r\n20. Budget \r\n21. Accounts \r\n22. Audit \r\n23. Annual Report \r\n24. Bar of Jurisdiction \r\n2 \r\n \r\n25. Delegation \r\n26. Transition \r\n27. Indemnity \r\n28. Recovery of Dues \r\n29. Employees to be Public Servants \r\n30. Power to Make Rules \r\n31. Power to Frame Regulations \r\n32. Act to Prevail \r\n33. Removal of Difficulties \r\n34. Repeal and Saving \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n \r\n \r\n3 \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE SUTHRA PUNJAB AUTHORITY ACT 2026 \r\n(XII of 2026) \r\n[25 February 2026] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto establish the Suthra Punjab Authority. \r\nIt is necessary to provide for the establishment of the Suthra Punjab Authority for \r\nmanagement of solid waste, regulation of sanitation services, development of an \r\nintegrated system for collection, transportation, treatment and safe disposal of waste, \r\npromotion of recycling and waste -to-energy initiatives, improvement of rural sanitation \r\nand hygiene, protection of public health, to provide every person clean, healthy and \r\nsustainable environment and the matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto. \r\nIt is hereby enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement. – (1) This Act may be cited as the \r\nSuthra Punjab Authority Act 2026. \r\n(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab, provided that the Government may, by \r\nnotification in the official Gazette, exempt application of the Act to any specific area. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In the Act: \r\n(a) “Act” means the Suthra Punjab Authority Act 2026; \r\n(b) “Agency” means the Suthra Punjab Agency established under the Act; \r\n(c) “Authority” means the Suthra Punjab Authority established under the Act; \r\n(d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority or the Agency, as \r\nthe case may be; \r\n(e) “Director General” means the Director General of the Authority; \r\n(f) “Fund” means the Suthra Punjab Authority Fund and Suthra Punjab \r\nAgency Fund, as the case may be, provided under the Act; \r\n(g) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(h) “Managing Director” means Managing Director of the Agency; \r\n(i) “person” means a natural or juridical person; \r\n(j) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules or the regulations made or \r\nframed under the Act; \r\n(k) “regulations” means the regulations framed under the Act; \r\n(l) “rules” means the rules made under the Act; \r\n(m) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to the Act; \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 04 February 2026; and was assented to by Governor of the Punjab \r\non 25 February 2026; and was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 25 February 2026, pp. 4531-4542. \r\n4 \r\n \r\n(n) “waste” means the solid waste generated within the area of the Agency \r\nwhich includes domestic waste, commercial waste, market waste, \r\ninstitutional waste, street sweeping waste, garden waste, solid waste \r\ncollected from a drain or watercourse in an urban are a or any other type \r\nof waste as may be notified by the Authority; and \r\n(o) “waste management” means removal, collection, storage, transportation, \r\ndumping, recycling or disposal of solid waste and includes sanitation \r\nexcept the areas where such function is being performed by the Punjab \r\nWater and Sanitation Authority established under th e Punjab Water and \r\nSanitation Authority Act 2025 (VII of 2025). \r\n3. Establishment of the Authority .– (1) There shall be an Authority to be known \r\nas the Suthra Punjab Authority for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n(2) The Authority shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and \r\na common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of movable or immovable \r\nproperty and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. \r\n (3) The Authority shall consist of: \r\n(a) Chief Minister. Chairperson \r\n(b) Minister for Local Government and \r\nCommunity Development. \r\nVice Chairperson \r\n(c) Secretary to the Government, Local \r\nGovernment and Community Development \r\nDepartment or his representative not below \r\nthe rank of an Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(d) Secretary to the Government, Finance \r\nDepartment or his representative not below \r\nthe rank of an Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(e) Secretary to the Government, Housing, \r\nUrban Development and Public Health \r\nEngineering Department or his \r\nrepresentative not below the rank of an \r\nAdditional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(f) Secretary to the Government, Environment \r\nProtection and Climate Change Department \r\nor his representative not below the rank of \r\nan Additional Secretary. \r\nMember \r\n(g) all Divisional Commissioners, Government \r\nof the Punjab or their representatives not \r\nbelow the rank of an Additional \r\nCommissioner. \r\nMembers \r\n(h) four technical expert s including a female \r\nexpert, either from the field of waste \r\nmanagement, sanitation, environment, \r\nfinance or any other related field. \r\nMembers \r\n(i) Director General. Member/Secretary \r\n \r\n5 \r\n \r\n(4) The Members at clause (h) of sub-section (3): \r\n(a) shall be nominated by the Chief Minister for a maximum period of \r\nthree years, who shall serve during the pleasure of the Chief \r\nMinister; and \r\n(b) may resign before the expiry of tenure by submitting written \r\nresignation to the Chief Minister. \r\n(5) The Authority may co-opt an expert in the relevant field as Member for its \r\nassistance and advice on the matter under consideration but such co -opted Member \r\nshall not have a right to vote. \r\n4. Meetings of the Authority.– (1) The Authority shall meet, at least, once in three \r\nmonths at such time and place and observe such procedure with regard to transaction \r\nof its business as it may determine. \r\n(2) The meetings of the Authority shall be presided over or convened by the \r\nChairperson or Vice Chairperson. \r\n(3) The quorum for a meeting of the A uthority shall be one -half of its total \r\nMembers. \r\n(4) The decisions of the Authority shall be taken by majority of the Members \r\npresent and voting and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairperson or Vice \r\nChairperson presiding over the meeting, as the c ase may be, shall have the casting \r\nvote. \r\n(5) The Director General shall maintain a complete record of minutes of the \r\nmeeting of the Authority. \r\n(6) No act, decision, order or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by \r\nreason of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority. \r\n5. Powers and functions of the Authority .– (1) The Authority shall perform the \r\nfunctions and exercise the powers for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provi sion, the \r\nAuthority shall: \r\n(a) ensure waste management; \r\n(b) make policies, develop, approve and implement key performance \r\nindicators, as well as, minimum standards for service delivery by the \r\nAgency; \r\n(c) review and monitor performance of the Agency; \r\n(d) approve fees and charges for waste management services rendered by \r\nthe Agency; \r\n(e) formulate, standards, procedures, processes, guidelines, standing \r\noperating procedures for collection, disposal, transportation, treatment \r\nand reuse of solid waste; \r\n(f) prescribe licensing, registration and compliances related to waste \r\nmanagement; \r\n(g) approve waste management schemes and waste to value projects; \r\n(h) develop landfill sites; \r\n6 \r\n \r\n(i) prescribe service regulations of employees of the Authority and Agency; \r\n(j) appoint officers and employees of the A uthority and Agency in such \r\nmanners as may be prescribed by the regulations; \r\n(k) administer and enforce the Act, rules and regulations; \r\n(l) hire advisors or consultants for the purposes of the Act; \r\n(m) procure machinery, equipment, material, goods, services or any other \r\nitem required for the performance of its functions; \r\n(n) outsource one or more functions assigned to it , on such terms and \r\nconditions as it may determine; \r\n(o) enhance scope of an existing contract, on such terms and conditions as it \r\nmay determine; \r\n(p) assign additional work and the resources to an existing contract , on such \r\nterms and conditions as it may determine; \r\n(q) perform any other function as may be assigned to it by the Government; \r\nand \r\n(r) perform such other functions or exercise such other powers as may be \r\nnecessary and ancillary thereto. \r\n6. Committees.– (1) The Authority may constitute such financial, technical, \r\nadministrative, advisory or other committees, as it may deem necessary for carrying o ut \r\nthe purposes of the Act and such committees shall exercise such powers and perform \r\nsuch functions as may be delegated or assigned to them by the Authority. \r\n (2) The Authority may constitute one or more special committees at Agency \r\nlevel, as it may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of the Act and such \r\ncommittees shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be \r\ndelegated or assigned to them by the Authority. \r\n7. Director General .– (1) The Chief Minister shall appoint the Director General \r\nwho shall be an officer of Basic Scale 19 or above from the Pakistan Administrative \r\nService or Provincial Management Service, in such manner and on such terms and \r\nconditions as the Authority may prescribe and, until so prescribed, as the Chief Mini ster \r\nmay determine. \r\n(2) The Director General, subject to the general supervision and direction of \r\nthe Authority, shall be responsible for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n(3) The Director General shall be the Principal Accounting Officer of the \r\nAuthority. \r\n(4) The Director General shall exercise such powers as are provided in the \r\nAct or as may be prescribed or delegated to him by the Authority. \r\n(5) The Director General may issu e instructions to ensure smooth \r\nperformance of functions assigned to the Agency. \r\n8. Employees of the Authority .– (1) The Authority may appoint such officers, \r\nofficials and other employees on such terms and conditions as it may prescribe. \r\n(2) Until so presc ribed under sub -section (1), Secretary to the Government, \r\nLocal Government and Community Development Department may post or assign \r\nadditional charge of any post of officer of the Authority. \r\n7 \r\n \r\n9. Fee and other charges .– The Authority may approve fee and other charges for \r\nwaste management and any other service provided under the Act. \r\n10. Establishment of the Agency .– (1) The Authority may notify one or more \r\nAgencies in a district, along -with area of its jurisdiction, to be known as the Suthra \r\nPunjab Agency for providing services related to waste management. \r\n(2) The Agency shall consist of the following: \r\n(a) a person nominated by the Chief Minister Chairperson \r\n(b) Deputy Commissioner of the district. Member \r\n(c) Deputy Director, Local Government and \r\nCommunity Development Department. \r\nMember \r\n(d) all concerned Assistant Commissioners within the \r\narea of the agency. \r\nMembers \r\n(e) all concerned Chief Officers of local governments \r\nwithin the area of the agency. \r\nMembers \r\n(f) a representative of Environment Protection Agency \r\nat district level not below the rank of BS-17. \r\nMember \r\n(g) Managing Director. Member/ \r\nSecretary \r\n(h) any other person(s) nominated by the Authority. Member \r\n(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub -section (1) and (2), where the \r\nwaste management is being executed by the Agency itself, the Authority may constitute \r\nan Agency consisting of such members, having such area, as it may deem appropriate \r\nand delegate to it such of its financial, administrative or other powers as are ancillary or \r\nrequired for performance of its functions. \r\n11. Meetings of the Agency .– (1) The Agency shall meet at least once in every \r\nmonth and observe such procedure with regard to transaction of its business as it may \r\ndetermine or as may be prescribed by the Authority. \r\n(2) In case of absence of Chairperson of the Agency, the Vice Chairperson of \r\nthe Authority may nominate a member of the Agency as Chairperson to convene a \r\nmeeting. \r\n(3) The quorum for a meeting of the Agency shall be one -half of its total \r\nMembers. \r\n(4) The decisions of the Agency shall be taken by majority of the Members \r\npresent and voting and in the event of equality of votes, the Chairperson presiding over \r\nthe meeting shall have the casting vote. \r\n(5) The Managing Director shall maintain a complete record of the minutes of \r\nthe meeting of the Agency. \r\n(6) No act, decision, order or proceedings of the Agency shall be invalid by \r\nreason of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Agency. \r\n12. Powers and functions of the Agency.– (1) The Agency shall have powers to: \r\n(a) enforce the Act, the rules and the regulations; \r\n(b) enforce policies for waste management; \r\n8 \r\n \r\n(c) ensure achievement of key performance indicators and implementation of \r\nstandards for service delivery; \r\n(d) implement standards, procedures, processes, guidelines, st anding \r\noperating procedures for collection, disposal, transportation, treatment \r\nand reuse of solid waste; \r\n(e) develop, operate, maintain and improve an integrated system for \r\ncollection, transportation, treatment and safe disposal of waste, \r\nimprovement of sanit ation and hygiene, protection of public health and \r\npreservation of environment; \r\n(f) execute, regulate and supervise waste management, either itself or \r\nthrough outsourcing, as may be directed by the Authority; \r\n(g) enter into negotiated tendering for hiring services , human resource, \r\nmachinery and equipment etc., for self -operations up to a period of \r\nninety-days, with one or more contractors with or without prior publication \r\nof a procurement notification brought about by events such as termination \r\nor expiry of contract or due to any other \r\nunforeseeable reason, the time limits laid down for open and limited \r\nbidding methods cannot be met, however, the circumstances invoked to \r\njustify such urgency must not be attributable to the procuring agency; \r\nprovided that in case, self -operations extend beyond ninety days, the \r\nAuthority may extend such period; \r\n(h) implement and execute waste management schemes, approved by the \r\nAuthority; \r\n(i) issue licenses, registration, compliances related to waste management; \r\n(j) collect fee fo r registration, licensing, collection and disposal of solid \r\nwaste, sanitation and other services rendered by the Agency; \r\n(k) promote awareness about recycling, waste disposal, zero waste and \r\nwaste to value investment; \r\n(l) enter into contract on behalf of the Authority for an outsourced function \r\nsubject to clause (f); \r\n(m) impose administrative penalties, recover receivables and make payments \r\nagainst the work done in case of violation by the contractor of the contract \r\nunder clause (k); \r\n(n) constitute financial, technic al, administrative, advisory or other \r\ncommittees, having such powers and perform such functions as may be \r\ndelegated or assigned to them by the Agency; and \r\n(o) perform such other functions and exercise such other powers as may be \r\nentrusted or delegated by the Authority. \r\n(2) The Agency shall also perform such functions or execute such schemes \r\nas entrusted to it by the Government and also perform, with the approval of the \r\nAuthority, such functions as entrusted to it by the local government or any other \r\nauthority or agency established under any other law for the time being in force. \r\n13. Managing Director .– (1) A Managing Director of each Agency shall be \r\nappointed in such manner as may be prescribed by the Authority , and until so \r\n9 \r\n \r\nprescribed, an officer of Basic Scale 18 from the Pakistan Administrative Service or \r\nProvincial Management Service or Local Government Service or any other service may \r\nbe appointed on such terms and conditions as may be specified. \r\n(2) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community \r\nDevelopment Department shall post the officers of Pakistan Administrative Service or \r\nProvincial Management Service or any other service placed at his disposal, as \r\nManaging Director. \r\n(3) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community \r\nDevelopment Departme nt may post the officers of Local Government Service or \r\nDirectorate General, Local Government and Community Development, as Managing \r\nDirector. \r\n(4) Secretary to the Government, Local Government and Community \r\nDevelopment Department may assign additional cha rge of any vacant post of \r\nManaging Director to any officer posted in the district. \r\n(5) The Managing Director shall be the Principal Accounting Officer of the \r\nAgency, responsible for general and active management of the business of the Agency \r\nand ensure the implementation of the directions of the Authority. \r\n14. Appointment of officers and employees of the Agency .– (1) The officers, \r\nofficials and other employees of the Agency shall be appointed in accordance with the \r\nregulations prescribed by the Authority. \r\n(2) Until so prescribed under sub -section (1), Secretary to the Government, \r\nLocal Government and Community Development Department may post or assign the \r\nadditional charge of any post of officer of the Agency. \r\n15. Waste Management Inspector.– The Agency shall, in such manner as may be \r\nprescribed by the Authority, appoint or designate Waste Management Inspectors for \r\nenforcement of provisions of the Act. \r\n16. Offences and penalties .– (1) Every Waste Management Inspector, appointed \r\nor designated under the Act, may summarily act to prevent the commission of an \r\noffence under the Act. \r\n(2) If a Waste Management Inspector has good cause to believe that a \r\nperson has committed an offence under the Act, he may: \r\n(a) require that person to state his name and place of residence; and \r\n(b) issue a warning to the person to whom it is addressed with respect to the \r\ncontravention requiring such person to take corrective action within a \r\nspecified period of time which shall not be less than two days to remedy \r\nthe condition caused by his action. \r\n(3) Where a person has taken corrective action to the satisfaction of the \r\nWaste Management Inspector who issued the warning, no prosecution shall be \r\ncommenced with respect to such offence. \r\n(4) Where a Waste Management Inspector requires a corrective action and \r\nthe person to whom it is addressed fails to comply with the order to the satisfaction of \r\nthe Waste Management Inspector, the Inspector may initiate prosecution with respect \r\nto that offence. \r\n10 \r\n \r\n(5) The Waste Management Inspector shall issue ticket against the offences \r\nlisted in Part-A of the Schedule in such manner as may be approved by the Authority. \r\n(6) Fine shall only be deposited in the bank account of the Agency within ten \r\ndays from the date of issuance of ticket. \r\n(7) An authorized officer or official of the Agency shall , on weekly basis , \r\nprovide a scroll of all unpaid tickets to the concerned Magistrate. \r\n(8) Any person aggrieved from any order made or fine imposed by Waste \r\nManagement Inspector, may, within the period mentioned in such order and within \r\nseven days in case of fine receipt, prefer an appeal before the Managing Director \r\nwhose decision thereon shall be final. \r\n(9) In relation to the offences specified in Part -A of the Schedu le, the Waste \r\nManagement Inspector shall issue ticket of double fine if an accused person repeats \r\nany of such offence. \r\n(10) In case an offence specified in Part -B of the Schedule is committed, the \r\nWaste Management Inspector, with the approval of Managing Director, shall lodge the \r\nFirst Information Report. \r\n(11) The Magistrate appointed under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V \r\nof 1898) shall try the offences listed in Part -B of the Schedule in the summarily manner \r\nand may impose fine or imprisonment or both, as given in the Schedule. \r\n17. Assignment of powers and functions for regulation and enforcement of \r\noffences.– The Authority may assign its regulatory powers and functions for \r\nenforcement of provisions of the Act to the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory \r\nAuthority established under the Punjab Enforcement and Regulation Act 2024 (XI of \r\n2024) on mutually agreed terms and conditions. \r\n18. Fund of the Authority and Agency.– (1) There shall be a Fund of the Authority \r\nto be known as the Suthra Punjab Authority Fund, which shall vest in the Authority and \r\nshall be utilized by the Authority to perform its functions and meet i ts expenses \r\nincluding payment of salaries and other remuneration to its officers, employees, \r\nexperts, advisers and consultants. \r\n(2) The Suthra Punjab Authority Fund shall consist of: \r\n(a) grants by the Government; \r\n(b) all moneys received from the Federal Go vernment, the Government and \r\ntheir bodies, local government or any national or international agency by \r\nway of grants, loans, advances or otherwise; \r\n(c) all fees, charges and other moneys received by the Authority; \r\n(d) all moneys received by the Authority from the disposal of lands, buildings \r\nand other movable and immovable properties; and \r\n(e) all other sums received by the Authority. \r\n(3) There shall be a separate Fund for each Agency to be known as the \r\nSuthra Punjab Agenc y Fund which shall vest in the Authority and shall be utilized to \r\nperform functions assigned to Agency under the Act and entrusted by the Authority and \r\nshall be expended in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations. \r\n(4) The Suthra Punjab Agency Fund shall consist of: \r\n(a) grants by the Government; \r\n11 \r\n \r\n(b) funds transferred by the Authority; and \r\n(c) all fees, charges, penalties, fines and other moneys received by the \r\nAgency. \r\n(5) The Authority and its Agency may open their accounts in the Bank of \r\nPunjab. \r\n(6) In case of excess amount, the Authority and its Agency may invest such \r\namount in Government securities, Government sponsored saving schemes, as per \r\npolicy of the Government. \r\n19. Fee and charges .– (1) The Agency shall collect such fee, fines, pe nalties, \r\ncharges and surcharge for the provision of waste management or any other service \r\nprovided, within its area as may be imposed by the Authority. \r\n(2) The rates of imposition of a fee, charges and surcharge by an Agency, \r\nunder this section, shall be published on the website of the Authority. \r\n20. Budget.– (1) The Director General, in case of Authority, and Managing Director, \r\nin case of Agency, shall prepare, in such manner and at such time as may be \r\ndetermined by the Authority, their respective budgets in respect of each financial year. \r\n(2) The Director General shall place the budget of the Authority, for approval, \r\nbefore the Authority and Managing Director shall place the Agency's budget, after its \r\nrecommendation, before the Authority for approval by the Authority: \r\nProvided that if the budget of the Agency is not approved by the Authority within \r\nthirty days from its receipt, without any observation in writing by the Authority, it shall \r\nbe deemed to have been approved by the Authority. \r\n21. Accounts.– The Authority and the Agency shall maintain proper accounts, other \r\nrelevant records and prepare annual statement of accounts in such form and manner \r\nas may be prescribed by the regulations. \r\n22. Audit.– (1) The accounts of the Authority and Agency shall be audi ted annually \r\nby the Auditor General of Pakistan and such qualified auditor or audit agency, as \r\nappointed with the approval of the Government. \r\n(2) All the payments from the Suthra Punjab Authority Fund and Suthra \r\nPunjab Agency Fund shall be pre -audited in such manner as may be prescribed by the \r\nAuthority. \r\n(3) The Authority may get conducted special audit or third party audit at any \r\ntime from the Auditor General of Pakistan or from such qualified auditor or audit firm, as \r\nit may determine. \r\n23. Annual report .– (1) The Authority shall, within six months of the close of a \r\nfinancial year, submit to the Government an annual report. \r\n(2) The Annual report shall consist of: \r\n(a) the statement of accounts and audit reports of the Authority and the \r\nAgency; \r\n(b) a comprehensive statement of the works and activities of the Authority \r\nand the Agency during the preceding financial year and its proposed \r\nprojects and schemes; and \r\n12 \r\n \r\n(c) such other matters as may be prescribed or as the Authority may \r\nconsider appropriate. \r\n(3) The Agency shall submit its report comprising of statements and other \r\nmatters, as provided under sub -section (2), within three months of the close of a \r\nfinancial year, to the Authority. \r\n(4) The Government shall, within three months of the receipt of the annual \r\nreport from the Authority, cause it to be laid in Provincial Assembly of the Punjab. \r\n24. Bar of jurisdiction .– No order made in exercise of any power conferred by or \r\nunder the Act shall be called in question in any court except in such manner as may be \r\nprovided under the Act. \r\n25. Delegation.– (1) The Authority may delegate to the Vice Chairperson, Director \r\nGeneral, its committee, a Member, officer or employee, or its Agency or its Member, \r\nofficer or employees any of its functions and powers subject to such conditions as it \r\nmay think fit, except the following: \r\n(a) framing or amendment or repeal of the regulations; \r\n(b) approval of annual budget of the Authority; \r\n(c) consideration and decision on the audit reports; \r\n(d) constituting a committee or filling a vacancy therein; and \r\n(e) filling a vacancy in the Authority. \r\n(2) The Agency may delegate to the Managing Director, its Members, officers \r\nor its employees such powers and functions subject to such conditions as it may deem \r\nappropriate. \r\n26. Transition.– (1) All existing assets, funds, liabilities, properties whether \r\nmoveable or immoveable, employees and all the Suthr a Punjab Program related \r\ncontracts including outsourced tehsil waste management contracts of the Waste \r\nManagement Companies, on the establishment of the Authority and the Agencies shall \r\nbe transferred to the Authority on such date as may be determined by the Authority. \r\n(2) All the Suthra Punjab Program related contracts including outsourced \r\ntehsil waste management contracts of Waste Management Companies shall be \r\ndeemed to have been duly executed by the Agency of the respective district. \r\n (3) In order to give effect to the provision of sub-section (2), the Agency shall \r\nsign an addendum agreement with the contractor including incorporation of the terms \r\nand conditions to ensure efficient performance of the function. \r\n(4) Subject to sub-section (3), the Authority may enhance or reduce scope of \r\nwork or terminate the contract on violating any condition of the contract. \r\n(5) Subject to sub -section (6), the Authority may further transfer assets, \r\nfunds, liabilities, properties w hether moveable or immovable employees and contracts \r\nof the Waste Management Companies, to the Agencies. \r\n(6) Each Agency shall succeed: \r\n(a) such property of the Authority located within district which, in view of the \r\nAuthority, is required by it for the du e discharge of any function under the \r\nAct; \r\n13 \r\n \r\n(b) such employees, in view of the Authority, are required by it for the \r\ndischarge of any function under the Act; and \r\n(c) such rights, funds, claims or liabilities or portion thereof, in the district, as \r\ndetermined by the Authority. \r\n(7) The Director General, after taking approval from the Authority, shall, by a \r\ngeneral or special order, provide for the manner of succession and discharge liabilities \r\nof Waste Management Companies. \r\n (8) The Director General, aft er approval from the Authority, shall assign \r\nproperties, rights, funds, claims or liabilities among the Agencies. \r\n (9) On completion of succession, all Waste Management Companies shall be \r\nwound up in accordance with law. \r\n (10) Notwithstanding anything cont ained in this section, the employees of \r\nWaste Management Companies shall continue for a period as may be determined by \r\nthe Authority, for successful transition and winding up under sub -section (7), and for \r\nsuch period their salaries shall be paid by the Au thority, unless otherwise decided to \r\ndispense with the services of any employee. \r\n(11) The Authority or Agency may terminate the services of any employee \r\nwhose services are not required. \r\nExplanation: For the purpose of this section, the term “property” shall include any land, \r\nbuilding, office, work, facility, amenity, vehicle, machinery, equipment, plant, store or \r\napparatus, etc. \r\n27. Indemnity.– No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the \r\nAuthority or the Agency and their Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Members, officers, \r\nemployees, the Director General, the Managing Director, in respect of anything done or \r\nintended to be done in good faith under the Act. \r\n28. Recovery of dues.– Any sum that is due to the Authority or the Agency shall be \r\nrecoverable as arrears of land revenue. \r\n29. Employees to be public servants .– All employees of the Authority and Agency \r\nshall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan \r\nPenal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860). \r\n30. Power to make rules .– The Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. \r\n31. Power to fr ame regulations .– Subject to the Act and the rules, the Authority \r\nmay, by notification in the official Gazette, frame regulations for carrying out the \r\npurposes of the Act. \r\n32. Act to prevail .– In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the \r\nprovisions of the Act and the provisions of any other law, the provisions of the Act shall, \r\nto the extent of such conflict or inconsistency, prevail. \r\n33. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the \r\nprovisions of the Act, th e Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make \r\nsuch order, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act, as it may deem necessary \r\nfor the purposes of removing such difficulty. \r\n14 \r\n \r\n34. Repeal and Saving.  (1) The Suthra Punjab Authority Ordinance 2025 (IX of \r\n2025) is hereby repealed. \r\n (2) Notwithstanding, the repeal of the Suthra Punjab Authority Ordinance \r\n2025 (IX of 2025), anything done or any action taken under the repealed Ordinance \r\nshall be deemed to have been done or taken under the Act. \r\n (3) The repeal shall not affect the previous operations of the repealed law, \r\nany right, privilege, or obligation acquired, any penalty or fine or punishment imposed \r\nfor an offence and any investigation or legal proceedings currently in progress. \r\n \r\n \r\n15 \r\n \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n[(see section 2(m)] \r\nPART-A \r\nSr. No. Offence Fine \r\n1. Without permission of the Agency, causing or \r\nknowingly or negligently allowing the \r\ncontents of any sink, sewer or cesspool or \r\nany other offensive matter to flow, or drain or \r\nto be put upon any street, or public place, or \r\ninto irrigation channel or any sewer or drain \r\nnot set apart for the purpose. \r\nRs.50,000 in case of \r\nindustrial concerns; \r\nRs.25,000 in case of \r\ncommercial concerns; and \r\nRs.10,000 for others. \r\n2. Disposal of carcasses of animals in \r\nprohibited zone notified by the Agency. \r\nRs.50,000. \r\n3. Failure to dispose of offal, fat or any organ or \r\npart of a dead animal in a place set apart for \r\nthe purpose by the Agency. \r\nRs.50,000. \r\n4. Throwing or placing any refuse, litter or \r\ngarbage on any street, road or any place, not \r\ndesignated by the Agency for the purpose. \r\nRs.10,000. \r\n5. Failure to provide for disposal of litter or \r\ngarbage inside or outside a premises by its \r\nowner or occupier as m ay be directed by the \r\nAgency. \r\nRs.50,000 in case of \r\nindustrial concerns; \r\nRs.25,000 in case of \r\ncommercial concerns; \r\nRs.10,000 for residential and \r\nothers. \r\n6. Failure to maintain clean premises of the \r\narea in front of a house, shop, office or \r\nfactory or any other premises up to the public \r\nstreet or road serving this facility. \r\nRs.25,000 in case of \r\nindustrial concerns; \r\nRs.15,000 in case of \r\ncommercial concerns; \r\nRs.5,000 for residential and \r\nothers. \r\n7. Failure to provide, close, remove, alter, \r\nrepair, clean, disinfect or put in proper order \r\nany latrine, urinal drain, cesspool or other \r\nreceptacle for filth, sullage, water or refuse \r\nby an owner or occupier of a house, shop, \r\noffice, industry or premises. \r\nRs.50,000 in case of \r\nindustrial concerns; \r\nRs.25,000 in case of \r\ncommercial concerns; and \r\nRs.10,000 for others. \r\n8. Failure to clean the premises, houses, shops \r\nand cultivated lands of the plastic bags and \r\nother non-perishable materials. \r\nRs. 1,000 in case of \r\nresidential; and \r\nRs. 2,000/- for others. \r\n9. Contravention of any prohibition or direction \r\nof the Agency issued under the Act or rules \r\nor regulations. \r\nRs.5,000. \r\n10. Collecting, lifting or sorting of solid or \r\ndomestic waste without license from the \r\nAgency. \r\nRs. 10,000. \r\n11. Damaging or polluting physical environment, \r\ninside or outside private or public premises, \r\nin a manner to endanger public health. \r\nRs.10,000 for public \r\npremises; and \r\nRs.5,000 for private premises. \r\n12. Contravention of the prohibition or attempt or \r\nabetment of any of the offences in this Part. \r\nSame as for the offence \r\nspecified in the Schedule. \r\n16 \r\n \r\nPART-B \r\nSr. \r\nNo. Offence Fine \r\n1. Burning of solid waste, inside or outside \r\nprivate premises or at public premises by an \r\nindividual or by some establishment, entity or \r\nfactory. \r\n(i) Fine up to five hundred \r\nthousand rupees; or \r\n(ii) Imprisonment up to two \r\nyears; or \r\n(iii) Both. \r\n2. 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