(1) There shall be constituted a Fund to be called the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Fund, which shall vest in the Board established under section 3.
(2) The Fund constituted under sub-section (1), shall be administered by the Member-Secretary of the Board under the superintendence and control of the Board. The Fund shall have the following contributions, namely: - Audit.
Officers and employees of the Board.
Levy and collection of fee.
Constitution of Fund.
(i) the amount of fee levied and collected under section 6;
(ii) an annual grant of one hundred crores of rupees from the State Government with an annual increase of ten per cent every year;
(iii) the income accrued to the Department of Punjab Works (B&R) from various uses of land 1[belonging to it or the land, which has been entrusted to it by the State Government for any public purpose];
(iv) all types of toll taxes collected by the Department of Public Works (B&R);
(v) all fund deposited by the Punjab Rural Development Board, the Punjab Mandi Board, Market Committees, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats, Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads;
(vi) all contributions received from the Government of India like Central Roads Fund, Railway Safety Fund, funds from the Schemes for Economic and Inter-State Importance Projects, Special Area Assistance Scheme or any other Scheme approved by the Government of India for Roads and Bridges Infrastructure State of Punjab;
(vii) additional income to the Department of Public Works (B&R) from road side advertisements, petrol pumps and weigh bridges leases including any other miscellaneous receipt after the commencement of this Act;
(viii) donations and private contributions; and
(ix) any other funds, which the State Government may subsequently decide to contribute to the Fund.
8. The Fund shall be applied on Plan Roads for the purposes specified as under: -
(i) construction of new roads;
(ii) improvements like raising, widening and strengthening of the existing roads;
(iii) replacement of old and unsafe bridges;
(iv) construction of new bridges;
1 Substituted for words “belonging to it” by Punjab Act No. 3 of 2006, Section 5 Purposes for which the Fund may be applied.
(v) repair and maintenance of roads;
1[(v-a) salary and other miscellaneous expenditure of the Board; and]
(vi) any other purpose pertaining to the improvement of roads and bridges infrastructure as may be considered necessary by the Board.
9. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Government or any officer of the Government or the Board in respect of anything, which is in good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act, rules and regulations made or any order issued thereunder.