The East Punjab Conservation of Manure Act, 1949
The East Punjab Conservation of Manure Act, 1949
The East Punjab Conservation of Manure Act, 1949, regulates the mandatory collection and processing of organic waste and animal droppings to enrich soil for agricultural use. It applies to residents, house occupants, and heads of families living within government-notified areas. Under the law, designated local committees, typically village panchayats, oversee manure conservation, provide or acquire land for pit storage, and enforce compliance. Individuals without land can apply for allocated sites upon paying rent. Failure to properly conserve manure can result in local committees undertaking the work at the offender's expense or issuing fines, ensuring community-wide soil enrichment and sanitary waste management.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Interpretation
- 3. Power to notify certain areas
- 4. Liability of occupier or head of a family in a notified area
- 5. Formation of Committees
- 6. Chairman of Committee
- 7. Funds
- 8. Committee to take steps for acquiring land
- 9. Acquisition of land by Government
- 10. Power of Committee to charge rents
- 11. Power of entry
- 12. Power to require conservation of manure
- 13. Penalty for disobedience
- 14. Supervision of the proceedings of the Committee
- 15. Finality of the orders of the Committee
- 16. Procedure if the Committee fails to issue notice
- 17. If the notice is not obeyed
- 18. No legal practitioner before Committee
- 19. Delegation of powers
- 20. Recovery of dues
- 21. Bar to suits or legal proceedings
- 22. Application of Punjab Act IV of 1939
- 23. Power of Government to make rules
- 24. Repeal of East Punjab Ordinance No. XV of 1949
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