Punjab Management and Transfer of Municipal Properties Act, 2020

No: 8 Dated: Apr, 01 2020

THE PUNJAB MANAGEMENT AND TRANSFER OF MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES ACT, 2020

(Punjab Act No. 8 of 2020)

    An Act to provide for inclusive and sustainable delivery of basic civic services in municipal towns and cities of the State of Punjab by unlocking and optimal utilization of resources namely the land and buildings and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventyfirst Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and Commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Management and Transfer of Municipal Properties Act, 2020.

(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Punjab.

(3) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) “basic civic services’ means services of drinking water supply, drainage, sewerage, solid waste disposal, street lighting and improvement of environment as provided by a Municipality;

(b) “building” means a house, out-house, stable, shed, hut and other enclosed structure, whether of masonry bricks, wood, mud, metal or any other material whatsoever, whether used as human dwelling or otherwise and also includes verandahs, fixed platforms, plinths, door-steps, electric meters, walls including compound walls and fencing and the like, but does not include plant or machinery comprised in a building;

(c) "Collector" means the Deputy Commissioner and includes an Additional Deputy Commissioner or Commissioner, Municipal Corporation or any officer specially appointed by the Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act;

(d) "Government" means the Government of Punjab in the Department of Local Government;

(e) "Municipality" means an institution of local self-government as defined in the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or Improvement Trust incorporated or constituted under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922;

(f) "municipal property” means the land and building owned by a Municipality;

(g) "occupant" means a person occupying the property owned by a Municipality in an authorized or unauthorized manner;

(h) “Officer of the Municipality” means the Commissioner under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or the Executive Officer under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Executive Officer under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, as the case may be;

(i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(j) “relative” means a person as defined in clause (77) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013;

(k) “specified” means specified by notification by the Government in the Official Gazette;

(l) "tenant" means a person to whom the municipal property has been rented or leased out;

(m) ‘‘transfer’’ means sale or lease of a municipal property for a price or rent;

(n) "Tribunal" means the Tribunal constituted under section 17 of this Act;

(o) "urban area" means the area comprised within the limits of a Municipality; and

(p) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922.