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The PEPSU Townships Development Board Act,1954

The PEPSU Townships Development Board Act, 1954

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This Act establishes the Patiala and East Punjab States Union Townships Development Board to build new towns and provide homes for people displaced by the partition of India and Pakistan. It gives the State Government the power to create this corporate body, which is responsible for acquiring land, constructing infrastructure, and settling refugees in these new townships. The Board is composed of a Chairman and members, some of whom must be displaced persons themselves, and it has the legal authority to manage property and carry out development projects to aid those affected by the division of the country.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 1SHORT TITLE
  2. 2DEFINITIONS

Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT AND INCORPORATION OF THE BOARD →

  1. 3ESTABLISHMENT AND INCORPORATION OF THE BOARD
  2. 4CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD
  3. 5TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OFFICE OF MEMBERS
  4. 6COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
  5. 7VACANCIES AMONGST MEMBERS OR DEFECTS IN THE CONSTITUTION NOT TO INVALIDATE ACTS OR PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE
  6. 8DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS MEMBERS
  7. 9MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
  8. 10POWER OF BOARD TO ASSOCIATE OTHER PERSONS
  9. 11OFFICERS AND SERVANTS OF THE BOARD
  10. 12ADMINISTRATOR OF THE BOARD

Chapter III FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE BOARD →

  1. 13EXTENT OF JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD
  2. 14PREPARATION OF A TOWNSHIP SCHEME
  3. 15GENERAL POWERS OF THE BOARD
  4. 16AMOUNT DUE TO THE BOARD TO BE FIRST CHARGE
  5. 17machinery stock and other assets belonging to such person
  6. 18POWERS TO CALL FOR REPAYMENT BEFORE AGREED PERIOD
  7. 19MODE OF RECOVERY OF LOAN
  8. 20POWER OF INSPECTION
  9. 21RECOVERY OF ARREARS OF TAXES AND OTHER SUMS AS ARREARS OF LAND REVENUE AFTER NOTICE

Chapter IV PROPERTY, FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT →

  1. 22VESTING OF PROPERTY IN THE BOARD
  2. 23EXPENDITURE BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD
  3. 24FUND OF THE BOARD
  4. 25POWER OF THE BOARD TO SPEND
  5. 26Provided that no sum shall be expended by or on behalf of the Board unless the expenditure of the same is covered by a current budget grant sanctioned by the State Government.
  6. 27BUDGET
  7. 28ANNUAL REPORT
  8. 29ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT

Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 30DIRECTIONS BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT
  2. 31POWER TO CALL FOR RETURN, STATEMENT, INFORMATION ETC
  3. 32POWER TO PROHIBIT EXECUTION OF RESOLUTION OR ORDER OF THE BOARD
  4. 33EMERGENCY POWERS OF STATE GOVT
  5. 34REPRESENTATION BY THE BOARD
  6. 35POWER OF GOVERNMENT TO SUPERSEDE BOARD
  7. 36DELEGATION OF POWER
  8. 37AUTHENTICATION OF ORDERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF THE BOARD
  9. 38DISPUTE
  10. 39POWER OF ENTRY
  11. 40COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR THE BOARD
  12. 41MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND SERVANTS OF THE BOARD TO BE PUBLIC SERVANTS
  13. 42PROCEDURE FOR PROSECUTION
  14. 43BAR OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
  15. 44DISSOLUTION OF BOARD AND TRANSFER OF ITS ASSETS AND LIABILITIES TO STATE GOVT.
  16. 45POWER TO MAKE RULES
  17. 46POWERS TO MAKE BY-LAWS
  18. 47REPEAL AND SAVING

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