The Haryana Short Titles Amendment Act, 2021

1. This Act may be called the Haryana Short Titles Amendment Act, 2021.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Punjab Act" and "East Punjab Act" mean the Act enacted by a competent legislature or other competent authority before the 1st November, 1966 for the State of Punjab or the East Punjab, as the case may be and as are applicable to the State of Haryana on the commencement of this Act; (b) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act.

3. In the short title of each of the Punjab Acts and East Punjab Acts specified in column 2 of the Schedule, for the word "Punjab" and "East Punjab", the word "Haryana" shall be, and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect from the 1st November, 1966.

Notwithstanding the amendment of short titles of Punjab Acts and East Punjab Acts specified in column 2 of the Schedule by section 3, the citation of the Acts by reference to the number and year respectively specified in column 3 of the Schedule against those Acts shall stand unmodified.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the short title of the Punjab Acts and East Punjab Acts specified in the Schedule, in any rules, regulations, bye-laws, schemes, notifications or orders or in any other instrument made or issued under the said Punjab Act and East Punjab Act, shall be construed as a reference to the short title of the said Punjab Act as amended by this Act.

Sr. No. | Name of the Act | Act number and Year 1 | 2 | 3 1. | The Punjab Laws Act, 1872 | Punjab Act 4 of 1872 2. | The Punjab District Boards Act, 1883 | Punjab Act 20 of 1883 3. | The Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887 | Punjab Act 16 of 1887 4. | The Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 | Punjab Act 17 of 1887 5. | The Punjab Courts (Supplementing) Act, 1918 | Punjab Act 9 of 1919 6. | The Punjab General Clauses Act, 1898 | Punjab Act I of 1898 7. | The Punjab Riverain Boundaries Act, 1899 | Punjab Act 1 of 1899 8. | The Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900 | Punjab Act 2 of 1900 9. | The Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905 | Punjab Act 3 of 1905 10. | The Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912 | Punjab Act 5 of 1912 11. | The Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 | Punjab Act 1 of 1913 12. | The Redemption of Mortgages (Punjab) Act, 1913 | Punjab Act 2 of 1913 13. | The Punjab Forest (Sale of Timber) Act, 1913 | Punjab Act 3 of 1913 14. | The Punjab Excise Act, 1914 | Punjab Act 1 of 1914 15. | The Punjab Fisheries Act, 1914 | Punjab Act 2 of 1914 16. | The Punjab Military Transport Act, 1916 | Punjab Act 1 of 1916 17. | The Punjab Medical Registration Act, 1916 | Punjab Act 2 of 1916 18. | The Punjab Courts Act, 1918 | Punjab Act 6 of 1918 19. | The Punjab Juvenile Smoking Act, 1918 | Punjab Act 7 of 1918 20. | The Punjab Village and Small Towns Patrol Act, 1918 | Punjab Act 8 of 1918 21. | The Punjab Limitation (Custom) Act, 1920 | Punjab Act 1 of 1920 22. | The Punjab Custom (Power to Contest) Act, 1920 | Punjab Act 2 of 1920 23. | The Punjab Local Option Act, 1923 | Punjab Act 5 of 1923 24. | The Punjab Aerial Ropeways Act, 1926 | Punjab Act V of 1926 25. | The Punjab Borstal Act, 1926 | Punjab Act XI of 1926 26. | The Punjab District Boards (Tax Validating) Act, 1927 | Punjab Act III of 1927 27. | The Punjab Regulation of Accounts Act, 1930 | Punjab Act I of 1930 28. | The Punjab Registration Validating Act, 1930 | Punjab Act II of 1930 29. | The Punjab Nurses Registration Act, 1932 | Punjab Act I of 1932 30. | The Punjab Small Towns (Tax Validating) Act, 1934 | Punjab Act III of 1934 31. | The Punjab Municipal (Tax Validating) Act, 1934 | Punjab Act IV of 1934 32. | The Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act, 1934 | Punjab Act VII of 1934 33. | The Punjab State Aid to Industries, 1935 | Punjab Act V of 1935 34. | The Punjab Debtors' Protection Act, 1936 | Punjab Act 2 of 1936 35. | The Punjab Copying Fees Act, 1936 | Punjab Act 5 of 1936 36. | The Punjab Registration of Money Lenders Act, 1938 | Punjab Act 3 of 1938 37. | The Punjab Restitution of Mortgaged Lands Act, 1938 | Punjab Act 4 of 1938 38. | The Punjab Debtors' Protection (Amendment) Act, 1938 | Punjab Act IX of 1938 39. | The Punjab Legislative Assembly (Offices) Act, 1939 | Punjab Act 7 of 1939 40. | The Punjab Jagirs Act, 1941 | Punjab Act V of 1941 41. | The Punjab Suppression of Indecent Advertisements Act, 1941 | Punjab Act 7 of 1941 42. | The Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax (Validation of Lists) Act, 1943 | Punjab Act V of 1943 43. | The East Punjab Local Authorities (Restriction of Functions) Act, 1947 | East Punjab Act 9 of 1947 44. | The East Punjab Armed Band (Arrest and Detention) Act, 1947 | East Punjab Act 11 of 1947 45. | The East Punjab Extension of Limitation Act, 1947 | East Punjab Act XVI of 1947 46. | The East Punjab Refugees Rehabilitation (Loans and Grant) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 2 of 1948 47. | The East Punjab Refugees (Registration of Claims) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 8 of 1948 48. | The East Punjab Molasses (Control) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act XI of 1948 49. | The East Punjab Refugees (Registration of Land Claims) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act XII of 1948 50. | The East Punjab (Exchange of Prisoners) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 13 of 1948 51. | The East Punjab (Removal of Religious and Social Disabilities) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 16 of 1948 52. | The East Punjab Factories (Control of Dismantling) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 20 of 1948 53. | The East Punjab War Awards Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 22 of 1948 54. | The East Punjab Cotton (Statistics) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 23 of 1948 55. | The East Punjab Enumeration of Dwellings Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 24 of 1948 56. | The East Punjab Special Tribunal (Continuance) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 29 of 1948 57. | The East Punjab Refugees Rehabilitation (Buildings and Building Sites) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 42 of 1948 58. | The East Punjab Refugees Rehabilitation (House Building Loans) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 43 of 1948 59. | The Punjab Livestock and Birds Diseases Act, 1948 | Punjab Act 47 of 1948 60. | The East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 | East Punjab Act 50 of 1948 61. | The East Punjab Control of Bricks Supplies Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act I of 1949 62. | The East Punjab Conservation of Fire Wood Supplies Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act II of 1949 63. | The East Punjab Agricultural Pests Diseases and Noxious Weeds Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 4 of 1949 64. | The East Punjab Damaged Areas Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 10 of 1949 65. | The East Punjab Conservation of Manures Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 15 of 1949 66. | The East Punjab Improved Seeds and Seedlings Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 19 of 1949 67. | The East Punjab Drugs (Control) Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 30 of 1949 68. | The East Punjab Displaced Persons (Land Resettlement) Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 36 of 1949 69. | The East Punjab Utilization of Lands Act, 1949 | East Punjab Act 38 of 1949 70. | The Punjab Merged States (Laws) Act, 1950 | Punjab Act 5 of 1950 71. | The Punjab Abolition of Villages Cess (Kuri Kamini) Act, 1950 | Punjab Act 6 of 1950 72. | The Punjab Special Tribunal (Change of Composition) Act, 1950 | Punjab Act 10 of 1950 73. | The Punjab Local Authorities Census Expenses Contribution Act, 1950 | Punjab Act 19 of 1950 74. | The Punjab Forward Contracts Tax Act, 1951 | Punjab Act 7 of 1951 75. | The Punjab Development of Damaged Areas, 1951 | Punjab Act 10 of 1951 76. | The Punjab Cinema (Regulation) Act, 1952 | Punjab Act 11 of 1952 77. | The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 | Punjab Act 1 of 1953 78. | The Punjab Occupancy Tenants (Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Act, 1952 | Punjab Act 8 of 1953 79. | The Punjab Abolition of Ala Malikiyat and Talukdari Rights, 1952 | Punjab Act IX of 1953 80. | The Punjab Security of Land Tenures, 1953 | Punjab Act 10 of 1953 81. | The Punjab Security of the State Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 12 of 1953 82. | The Punjab Silkworm Seed Control Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 17 of 1953 83. | The Punjab Sikh Gurudwaras Board (Transitional Provisions) Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 25 of 1953 84. | The Punjab Local Authorities Laws (Exercise of Powers) Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 34 of 1953 85. | The Punjab Sugarcane (Regulation of Purchase and Supply) Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 40 of 1953 86. | The Punjab Livestock Improvement Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 47 of 1953 87. | The Punjab Vaccination Act, 1953 | Punjab Act 49 of 1953 88. | The Punjab Entertainments Tax (Cinematograph Shows) Act, 1954 | Punjab Act 8 of 1954 89. | The Punjab State Tubewell Act, 1954 | Punjab Act 21 of 1954 90. | The Punjab Departmental Enquiries (Powers) Act, 1955 | Punjab Act 8 of 1955 91. | The Punjab Entertainments Duty Act, 1955 | Punjab Act 16 of 1955 92. | The Punjab District Boards (Tax Validating) Act, 1955 | Punjab Act 27 of 1955 93. | The Punjab Land Revenue (Special Assessments) Act, 1955 | Punjab Act 6 of 1956 94. | The Punjab Industrial Housing Act, 1956 | Punjab Act 16 of 1956 95. | The Punjab Municipal (Tax Validating) Act, 1956 | Punjab Act 34 of 1956 96. | The Punjab Instruments (Control of Noises) Act, 1956 | Punjab Act 36 of 1956 97. | The Punjab Special Powers (Press) Act, 1956 | Punjab Act 38 of 1956 98. | The Punjab Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1955 | Punjab Act 40 of 1956 99. | The Punjab Bhudan Yagna Act, 1955 | Punjab Act 45 of 1956 100. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 1) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 5 of 1957 101. | The Punjab Consolidation of Land Proceedings (Validation) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 6 of 1957 102. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 2) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 7 of 1957 103. | The Industrial Disputes (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 9 of 1957 104. | The Punjab Backward Classes (Grant of Loans) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 17 of 1957 105. | The Punjab Court of Wards (Validation of Exercise of Powers) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 18 of 1957 106. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 3) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 23 of 1957 107. | The Punjab Laws (Application) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 33 of 1957 108. | The Punjab Court Laws (Extension) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 38 of 1957 109. | The Punjab Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 39 of 1957 110. | The Punjab State Legislature (Vacation of Seats) Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 41 of 1957 111. | The Punjab Warehouses Act, 1957 | Punjab Act 2 of 1958 112. | The Punjab Textiles and Sugar (Existing Stocks) Purchase Tax and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 8 of 1958 113. | The Punjab Electricity (Duty) Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 10 of 1958 114. | The Punjab Distressed Persons (Facilities for Loans) Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 11 of 1958 115. | The Punjab Shops and Commercial Establishments Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 15 of 1958 116. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 4) Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 18 of 1958 117. | The Punjab Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 22 of 1958 118. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 5) Act, 1958 | Punjab Act 30 of 1958 119. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 6) Act, 1959 | Punjab Act 5 of 1959 120. | The Punjab Reclamation of Land Act, 1959 | Punjab Act 21 of 1959 121. | The Punjab Local Authorities (Aided Schools) Act, 1959 | Punjab Act 22 of 1959 122. | The Punjab Cooperative Sugar Mills (Further Extension of Tenure of Boards) Act, 1959 | Punjab Act 27 of 1959 123. | The Punjab New Mandi Townships (Development and Regulation) Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 2 of 1960 124. | The Punjab Registration Validating Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 8 of 1960 125. | The Punjab Repealing Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 16 of 1960 126. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 7) Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 23 of 1960 127. | The Punjab Non-Trading Companies Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 25 of 1960 128. | The Punjab Land Revenue (Additional Surcharge) Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 38 of 1960 129. | The Punjab Primary Education Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 39 of 1960 130. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 8) Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 41 of 1960 131. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 9) Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 43 of 1960 132. | The Punjab Money Lending and Debtors Protection Laws (Extension and Amendment) Act, 1960 | Punjab Act 44 of 1960 133. | The Punjab Compulsory Service Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 5 of 1961 134. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No. 10) Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 8 of 1961 135. | The Punjab Fruit Nurseries Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 13 of 1961 136. | The Punjab Abolition of Village Cess (Malba) Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 17 of 1961 137. | The Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 18 of 1961 138. | The Punjab Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 24 of 1961 139. | The Punjab Repealing Act, 1961 | Punjab Act 31 of 1961 140. | The Punjab Land Revenue Special Assessment (Exemption) Act, 1962 | Punjab Act 7 of 1962 141. | The Punjab Laws (Extension No.11) Act, 1962 | Punjab Act 18 of 1962 142. | The Punjab Temporary Taxation Act, 1962 | Punjab Act 19 of 1962 143. | The Punjab Passengers and Goods Taxation (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1963 | Punjab Act 9 of 1963 144. | The Punjab Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1963 | Punjab Act 23 of 1963 145. | The Punjab Gift Goods (Unlawful Possession) Act, 1963 | Punjab Act 24 of 1963 146. | The Punjab Thur and Sem Lands (Reclamation) Act, 1963 | Punjab Act 25 of 1963 147. | The Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963 | Punjab Act 41 of 1963 148. | The Punjab Ayurvedic and Unani Practitioners Act, 1963 | Punjab Act 42 of 1963 149. | The Punjab Dramatic Performances Act, 1964 | Punjab Act 10 of 1964 150. | The Punjab Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964 | Punjab Act 20 of 1964 151. | The Punjab Separation of Judicial and Executive Functions Act, 1964 | Punjab Act 25 of 1964 152. | The Punjab Industrial Establishments (National and Festival Holidays and Casual and Sick leave) Act, 1965 | Punjab Act 14 of 1965 153. | The Punjab Homoeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965 | Punjab Act 16 of 1965 154. | The Punjab Labour Welfare Fund Act, 1965 | Punjab Act 17 of 1965