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2017

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PUNJAB VIDHAN SABHA SECRETARIAT

NOTIFICATION

The 20th June, 2023

No. 12-PLA-2023/37.- The Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Bill, 2023

is hereby published for general information under the proviso to rule 121 of

the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha

(Punjab Legislative Assembly):-

BILL NO. 12-PLA-2023

THE SIKH GURDWARAS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2023

A

BILL

further to amend the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925.

BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy-

fourth year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Sikh Gurdwaras (Amendment) Act,

2023.

(2)

It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its

publication in the Official Gazette.

2.

In the Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925, after section 125, the following section

shall be inserted, namely:-

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

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Short title and

commencement.

Insertion of new

section 125-A in

Punjab Act VIII

of 1925.

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"125-A. (1)

It shall be the duty of the Board to propagate the

teachings of the Gurus by making uninterrupted

(without any on screen running advertisements or

commercials or distortion) live feed (Audio or Audio as well as Video)

of Holy Gurbani from Sri Harmandir Sahib available free of cost to all

media houses, outlets, platforms, channels etc., whoever wishes to

broadcast it for broadcast anywhere (including all over the world).

(2)

Anyone broadcasting Holy Gurbani from Sri Harmandir Sahib

shall not run any advertisement at least thirty minutes prior to start of

broadcast of Gurbani and thirty minutes after the broadcast of Gurbani

is over.

Explanation.- The provisions of this section shall be applicable to

broadcast of Holy Gurbani from Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar which

is situated within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of Punjab.".

Live telecast of Holy

Gurbani free of cost.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

Shri Guru Granth Sahib contains the Bani of Sikh Gurus and Saints.

It is highly desirable that teaching of the Gurus be propagated worldwide.

Therefore, it is imperative that Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee

(SGPC) should make Gurbani available free of cost to entire humanity and

to ensure that the spread of Gurbani is not commercialized in any manner.

BHAGWANT MANN

Chief Minister, Punjab

CHANDIGARH :

RAM LOK KHATANA ,

THE 20^th JUNE, 2023 SECRETARY.

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