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Section 96: Powers of chairman as to institution, etc., of legal proceedings and obtaining legal advice

Punjab Town Improvement Act 1922State Act of Punjab · Act 4 of 1922

The chairman may, subject to the control of the trust -

(i) institute, defend or withdraw from legal proceedings under this Act,

(ii) compound any offence against this Act,

(iii) admit, compromise or withdraw any claim made under this Act, and

(iv) obtain such legal advice and assistance as he may from time to time deem it necessary or expedient to obtain, or as he may be desired by the trust to obtain, for any of the purposes referred to in the foregoing clause of this section, or for securing the lawful exercise or discharge of any power or duty vested in or imposed upon the trust or any officer or servant of the trust.

48 The Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922, Section 93

1. Added by Punjab Act No. 18 of 1982.

2. Substituted for the words "prescribed in any general or special orders of the Government" by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.

3. Substituted for the word "Crown" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.

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Where this provision sits

ActPunjab Town Improvement Act 1922
Section96
Marginal notePowers of chairman as to institution, etc., of legal proceedings and obtaining legal advice
JurisdictionState of Punjab
StatusIn force as published by the source

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