Bare Act
The East Punjab Damaged Areas Act, 1949
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This law empowers the State Government to officially designate specific urban areas as damaged zones, likely to address the aftermath of the 1947 partition. It allows the government to modify existing municipal and town laws for these affected regions and issue special orders to replace them. The Act also governs the possession and disposal of debris and salvaged property found in these areas. Furthermore, it grants the authority to make these notifications and orders effective retroactively from March 3, 1947, to handle property and legal matters arising from the destruction in those specific locations.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Power to declare areas to be damaged areas
- 4. Power to add to, amend or vary the provisions of the Municipal Act and the Towns Act for purposes of damaged areas
- 5. Power to make orders in respect of damaged areas in urban areas
- 6. Power to make retrospective notification and orders
- 7. Possession of debris and salved property pending its disposal
- 8. Record of debris and salved property to be prepared
- 9. Power to sell salved property in certain cases
- 10. Power to dispose of debris
- 11. Appointment of Claims Commissioners
- 12. Claims to salved property
- 13. Power of Claims Commissioner to dispose of claims and restore salved property
- 14. Claims Commissioner to be a court for certain purposes
- 15. Power to impose fines and award compensation in respect of frivolous claims
- 16. Certain persons to be public servants
- 17. Power to dispose of unclaimed property
- 18. General indemnity
- 19. Government, for failure to comply with any provisions of the Municipal Act or the Towns Act since the 3rd March, 1947, till such date as may be notified by the '[State] Government.
- 20. Saving as to orders
- 21. Power to make rules
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