Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1957. (2) It extends to the territories specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966. (3) It shall come into force at once. (1) ... the second or any subsequent generation], but does not include— (i) any grant of money (whether or not payable out of the land revenue) made on behalf of the State Government for the relief of political sufferers or their dependents after the 15th August, 1947 ; or (ii) any pension as defined in clause (17) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India ; or (iii) any military jagir granted on or after the fourth day of August, 1914 ; or (iv) any grant made in favour of a religious or charitable institution, but does not include a grant made for such a purpose to an individual ; (2) “Jagirdars” means the holder of a jagir ; (3) “Military Jagir” means a jagir granted, affirmed or continued in favour of any person as a reward for his personal service as a member of the Armed Forces or the Forces charged with the maintenance of public order or for similar services of any one related to him by blood or marriage ; (4) “religious or charitable institution” means an institution of every religious or charitable denomination established and maintained for religious or charitable purposes or for the purpose of providing religious or educational instruction or for the relief of the poor or for providing medical relief or the advancement of any other object of general utility to the public or any section of the public ; (5) “State Government”— (a) as respects any period before the 1st November, 1956, shall mean— (i) the Government of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union or any of the Indian States which formed into the Patiala and East Punjab States Union on the 20th August, 1948 ; and (ii) the Government of the State of Punjab and all predecessor Governments thereof by whatever name called, the Governor-General or the Governor-General in Council, as the case may be, and the Sikh Rulers, but shall not include the Central Government as defined in the General Clauses Act, 1897, after the period commencing on the 15th August, 1947 ; and (b) as respects any period after the 1st November, 1956, shall mean the Government of the State of Punjab.