Regd. No. NW/CH-22 Regd. No. CHD/0092/2018-2020 PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), OCTOBER 12, 2020
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EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
CHANDIGARH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2020
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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Contents Pages
Part - I Acts
The Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Act, 2020
.. 123-124
(Punjab Act No. 15 of 2020)
Part - II Ordinances
Nil
Part - III Delegated Legislation
Nil
Part - IV Correction Slips, Republications and
Replacements
Nil
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PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), OCTOBER 12, 2020
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PART I
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB
NOTIFICATION
The 12th October, 2020
No.18-Leg./2020.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of
Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 30th day of
September, 2020, is hereby published for general information:-
THE PUNJAB GOOD CONDUCT PRISONERS (TEMPORARY
RELEASE) AMENDMENT ACT, 2020
(Punjab Act No. 15 of 2020)
AN
ACT
further to amend the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary
Release) Act, 1962.
BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy-
first Year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners Short title and commencement.
(Temporary Release) Amendment Act, 2020.
(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 1962,
in section 3, in sub-section (2-A), after the second proviso, the following proviso
shall be added, namely:-
Amendment of section 3 of Punjab Act 11 of 1962.
"Provided further that during disasters under the Disaster Management
Act, 2005, or epidemics under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, the State
Government may, by a special notification published in the Official Gazette,
allow temporary release beyond the maximum period of sixteen weeks during
a calendar year, and may also waive the condition of temporary release being
availed of on quarterly basis." 124
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), OCTOBER 12, 2020
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3. (1) The Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Repeal and saving.
Amendment Ordinance, 2020 (Punjab Ordinance No.1 of 2020) is hereby
repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken
under the principal Act, as amended by the Ordinance referred to in
sub-section (1), shall be deemed to have done or taken under the principal Act,
as amended by this Act.
S.K. AGGARWAL,
Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.