(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Management and Transfer Short title, extent of Municipal Properties Act, 2020. and Commencement.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Punjab.
(3) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - Definitions.
(a) “basic civic services’ means services of drinking water supply, drainage, sewerage, solid waste disposal, street lighting and improvement of environment as provided by a Municipality;
(b) “building” means a house, out-house, stable, shed, hut and other enclosed structure, whether of masonry bricks, wood, mud, metal or any other material whatsoever, whether used as human dwelling or otherwise and also includes verandahs, fixed platforms, plinths, door-steps, electric meters, walls including compound walls and fencing and the like, but does not include plant or machinery comprised in a building;
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(m) "Collector" means the Deputy Commissioner and includes an Additional Deputy Commissioner or Commissioner, Municipal Corporation or any officer specially appointed by the Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act;
"Government" means the Government of Punjab in the Department of Local Government;
"Municipality" means an institution of local self-government as defined in the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or Improvement Trust incorporated or constituted under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922;
"municipal property” means the land and building owned by a Municipality;
"occupant" means a person occupying the property owned by a Municipality in an authorized or unauthorized manner;
“Officer of the Municipality” means the Commissioner under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or the Executive Officer under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Executive Officer under the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, as the case may be;
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
“relative” means a person as defined in clause (77) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013;
“specified” means specified by notification by the Government in the Official Gazette;
"tenant" means a person to whom the municipal property has been rented or leased out;
‘transfer’ means sale or lease of a municipal property for a price or rent;
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"Tribunal" means the Tribunal constituted under section 17 of this Act;
"urban area" means the area comprised within the limits of a Municipality; and words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 or the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 or the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force enacted by the State of Punjab, every Municipality shall cause-
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all municipal properties to be identified and entered into a Property Register in such manner as may be specified by the Government;
all municipal properties to be demarcated and notified for the information of the general public;
the name and address of the tenant or an occupant, whether authorized or unauthorized, along with the details of the municipal property under the possession of such an occupant, to be notified for the information of the general public; and to follow Government orders on Asset Management Policy and Capital Investment Plan.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force enacted by the State of Punjab, a Municipality may transfer a municipal property in a transparent manner through an open e-auction in the case of commercial properties and through draw of lots in the case of residential properties. In case of other properties, the Municipality shall follow the directives of the Government as specified from time to time:
Provided that open e-auction and draw of lots shall be conducted in such manner as laid down under this Act.
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Transfer of municipal property.
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