PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), JAN. 29, 1998 (MAGH. 9, 1919 SAKA)
PART 1 DEPARTMENT OF LEGALND LEGISLATIVE AFFARS, PUNJAB Notification The 29th January, 1998 No. 7-Leg/98.--The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 25th January, 1998, and is hereby published for general information: THE PîNJAB PREVENTION OF DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY ACT, 199?
(Punjab Act No. 7 of 1998) AN ACT to provide for the prevention of defacement of property and for matters connected therewith, or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Forty cighth year of the Republic of India, as follows:
1"" () This Act may be called Defacement of Property Act, 1997. the Punjab Prevention of
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Punjab.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Govern ment may, by notification, in the Official Gazette appoint.
2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "defacement" includes impairing or interfering with the appearance of beauty, damaging, disfiguring, spoiling or in juring in any other way whatsoever and the word 'deface shall be construed accordingly;
(b) "property" includes any land, building, hut, structure, wall, tree, fence, post, pole or any other erection; and
(c) "writing" includes decoration, lettering or ornamentation, produced by stencil.
19 3 () whoever defaces any property in public view by 'writing narking with ink, chalk. paint or any other material or by erecting Surts, banners or by pasting noticas and writing s!}i13 without the WEtten permission of the owner of the proprty, 'except for the purpose nndicating the nam: and address of ths ownr or occupier of such Property, shall be punishabl: with in:is onmnt for a tern, which may vAtend to six mTnths or with fine which may oxtend to one thousand Tupzes or with both.
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(2) Where any offence committed under sub-section (), is for the L Or Some other person or a company or other bodyj corporate or Short title, extent and COmmencement.
Definitions.
Penalty for detacement of properiy.
Offence to be cognizable.
Power of state Government to erase writi ng.
Over-riding effect.
Repeal and Saving.
20 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA.), JAN. 29, 1998 (MAGH. 9, 1919 SAKA){ an association of persons (whether incorporated or not), then such other person and every president, chairman, director, partner, manager, secretary, agent or any other officer or person management thereof, as the case may be, shall, unless he proves that the concerned with the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent be deemed to be guilty of such offence.
4. An offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable.
Without prejudice to the provisions of section 3, the State Government shall be competent to take such steps, as may be necessary for erasing any Writing freeing any defacement or removing any mark from any property.
6. The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding any thing to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force.
7. (1) The Punjab Prevention of Defacement of Property Ordinance, 1997 (Punjab Ordinance No. 3 of 1997), is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Ordinance referred to in sub-section () shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.
KRISHAN K¯MAR K¯UKAR, Additional Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.
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