Haryana Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
© Govt. of Haryana
No. 212–2019/Ext.] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2019
(AGRAHAYANA 26, 1941 SAKA )
LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
CONTENTS
PAGES PART - I ACTS
285 THE HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
(HARYANA ACT NO. 41 OF 2019)
PART - II ORDINANCES
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PART - III DELEGATED LEGISLATION
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PART - IV CORRECTION SLIPS, REPUBLICATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS
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PART - I
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 17th December, 2019
No. Leg. 43/2019.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 5th December, 2019 and is hereby published for general information:-
HARYANA ACT NO. 41 OF 2019
THE HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019
AN
ACT
further to amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventieth Year of the
Republic of India as follows:-
1. This Act may be called the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Second Amendment) Act, 2019. Short title.
2. After clause (lix) of section 2 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (hereinafter called the principal Act), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:–
Amendment of section 2 of Haryana Act 11 of 1994.
„(lix-a) "session" means a series of sittings of a Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the
case may be;".
3. In section 31 of the principal Act,–
(i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:–
Amendment of section 31 of Haryana Act 11 of 1994.
"(1) A Gram Sabha may, by resolution passed by one-tenth of its members, at any time during the period commencing from the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st day of December of any year, direct that intoxicating liquor shall not be sold at any licensed shop within the local area of the Gram Panchayat.";
(ii) in sub–section (2), for the figures and words "31st day of October", the figures and
words "15th day of January" shall be substituted.
4. In section 66 of the principal Act,–
(i) for the sign "." existing at the end, the sign ":" shall be substituted; and
Amendment of section 66 of Haryana Act 11 of 1994.
(ii) the following proviso shall be added, namely:–
"Provided that in addition to the aforesaid meetings, every Panchayat Samiti shall hold at least one session in every six months of a duration of not less than two days.".
5. In section 126 of the principal Act,–
(i) for the sign "." existing at the end, the sign ":" shall be substituted; and
Amendment of section 126 of Haryana Act 11 of 1994.
(ii) the following proviso shall be added, namely:–
"Provided that in addition to the aforesaid meetings, every Zila Parishad shall hold at least one session in every six months of a duration of not less than two days.".
The above Bill was passed by the Haryana Vidhan Sabha on the 26th November, 2019.
BIMLESH TANWAR, Administrative Secretary to Government, Haryana, Law and Legislative Department.