The Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2018

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notificaiton

The 31st January, 2019

No. Leg. 8/2019.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 16th January, 2019 and is hereby published for general information:–

HARYANA ACT NO. 8 OF 2019

THE PUBJAB NEW CAPITAL (PERIPHERY) CONTROL

(HARYANA AMENDMENT) ACT, 2108

AN

ACT

further to amend the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 in its application to

the State of Haryana.

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

Short title.

1. This Act may be called the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control (Haryana Amendment) Act, 2018.

2. In section 2 of the Punjab New Capital (Periphery) Control Act, 1952 (hereinafter called the principal Act),-

(i) in clause (7), for the sign "." existing at the end, the sign ";" shall be substituted;

Amendment of section 2 of Punjab Act 1 of 1953.

(ii) after clause (7), the following clause shall be added, namely:-

„(8) "location premium" means an amount over and above the prescribed fee and charges that an applicant is willing to pay to the State Government to obtain the permission against applications received under sub-section (1A) of section 6, as determined through bidding/auction process in pursuance of the policy issued by the State Government in this regard, from time to time.".

3. In section 6 of the principal Act,-

(i) in sub-section (1),-

Amendment of section 6 of Punjab Act 1 of 1953.

(a) for the sign "." existing at the end, the sign ":" shall be substituted; and

(b) the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:-

"Provided that for such uses for which limited number of permissions have been prescribed, located in such land use zones of various notified development plans, where in the opinion of the State Government, the permissions are to be issued after invitation of bids or following an auction procedure in pursuance of the policy framed by the State Government in this regard from time to time, such application shall be considered to be valid only if it is filed in response to a notice of the Director and fulfils the prescribed terms and conditions.";

(ii) after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-

(iii) in sub-section (6),-

(a) for the sign "." existing at the end, the sign ":" shall be substituted; and (b) the following proviso shall be added at the end, namely:-

"Provided further that such time limit of three months shall not be applicable wherein limited number of permissions has been specified in notifications issued from time to time.".

4. After section 6A of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

"6B. Online receipt and approval.- (1) All functions performed under this Act may Insertion of section 6B in Punjab Act 1 of 1953.

also be performed through electronics form and internet.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of sub-section (1), the functions may

include all or any of the followings:-

(a) receipt or acknowledge of applications and payments;

(b) issue of approvals, orders or directions;

(c) scrutiny, enquiry of correspondence for grant of permissions, its

extension;

(d) approval of plans, grant of occupation certificate etc.;

(e) filing of documents;

(f) issue of notices for recoveries etc.;

(g) maintenance of registers and records;

(h) any other function that the Director may deem fit in public interest.

MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA, Secretary to Government, Haryana, Law and Legislative Department.

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