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CONTENTS

Pages

PART I—Punjab Government Notifications and Orders

.. 123-138

PART I-A—Notifications by Local Government

.. Nil

PART I-B—Notifications by Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners

.. Nil

PART II—Statutory Notifications and Republications from Gazette of India/Punjab

.. Nil

PART III—Notification by High Court, Labour Commissioner ; Advertisements ;

.. 107-127

Director of Lotteries, Punjab and Notices etc.

PART III-A—Notifications by Universities

.. Nil

PART III-B—Court Notices

.. Nil

PART IV—Acts and Bills

.. Nil

PART V—Notification by Punjab State Legislature

.. Nil

SUPPLEMENT PART I—Statistical

.. Nil

SUPPLEMENT PART II—General

.. Nil

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT—Contents

.. xxvi

Ditto

PART I—Acts

.. Nil

Ditto

PART II—Ordinances

.. Nil

Ditto

PART III—Delegated Legislation

.. 185-205

Ditto

PART IV—Correction slips, Republications and Replacements

.. Nil

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS & JUSTICE

(Judicial-II Branch)

NOTIFICATION

The 14th October, 2022

No. 06/23/2018-4JUD2/5160.-In order to address the issue of inordinate delay in trials of under- trials,

the State and District Nodal Agencies are hereby constituted and their roles and duties are as under:

1.

State Nodal Agency

(A) Constitution:

The constitution of State Nodal Agency shall be as follows:

(i)

IG, Law and Order, Punjab

(Head)

(ii)

DIG, Prisons, Punjab

(Member)

(iii)

Director, Prosecution and Litigation, Punjab

(Member)

(B) Roles/Duties:

(a)

State Nodal Agency shall nominate district-wise and prison-wise nodal officers of the

rank of Superintendent/Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police under intimation to Director General

of Police, Punjab and Additional Director General of Police (Jails), Punjab...

(b)

State Nodal Agency shall review the working of District Nodal Agencies and redress the

problems faced by them.

(c)

State Nodal Agency shall make sure that the meticulous compliance of the advisory and

notification issued by Home Department, Punjab vide letter No. 6/23/2018-4Jud2/2692-2701, dated

13.08.2018 and letter No. 06/46/2019-4ud2/4516, dated 29.08.2022 respectively is ensured by all the

concerned officers/officials.

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District Nodal Agency:

(A) Constitution:

The constitution of District Nodal Agency shall be as follows:

(i)

Superintendent of Police/Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police

(Nodal Officer, Police Department)

(i)

Superintendent, Prisons

(Nodal Officer, Jails Department)

(iii)

District Attorney

(Member)

(iv)

District Informatics Officer of NIC

(Member)

(B) Roles/Duties:

(a)

Superintendent Prisons being Nodal Officer from Prisons Department shall ensure timely

handing-over of the under-trials prisoners to earmarked police party after carrying out necessary

procedural formalities in the morning for ensuring that the under-trials reach the Court for hearing in

time.

(b)

Nodal Officer, Prisons shall ensure that relevant entries are made in ePrisons on daily

basis for recording hearing dates of under-trials so that correct information about number of under-

trials scheduled to be sent for production in Courts on a particular day be readily available as per

Report-70 of ePrisons, for sharing the same with Police Department for arranging the required

police escort. A month wise list of hearings including the hearings to be conducted through Video

conferencing shall be communicated to the Superintendent of Police of concerned district and SHO

by 27th of each month.

(c)

In case, a short date is fixed by the Courts for production of accused/under-trials,

Superintendent, Prisons of the concerned district shall send the report/information on the same day to

the concerned Police Station, (District) Police Control Room and to the authority concerned for

making arrangements for requisite guard and escort vehicle so that the under-trails be produced

before the Courts concerned on the date of hearing.

(d)

Superintendent Prisons shall identify cases in which there is already one or more missed

peshis of under-trial prisoners and at the time of writing to police for providing escort, this fact shall

be mentioned in the requisition letter that these undertrials have already missed peshis in the Courts

concerned on these particular dates and therefore, it should be ensured that requisite guard should be

provided in all these cases in order to avoid any adverse orders from Courts concerned. He/she shall

further ensure that earlier first missed peshi is not missed for second time.

(e)

NIC, Delhi shall bring necessary changes in ePrisons application whenever such

requirements arise in Prisons Department so that concerned Superintendent Prisons to further streamline

the procedure. District Informatics Officer (NIC) concerned shall ensure beforehand that VC

equipments are properly functioning so that appearance of under- trials/accused through VC before

courts concerned is conducted smoothly.

(f)

Superintendent Prisons shall ensure proper upkeep of their VC equipments along with laid

network in jails all the time in order to produce maximum under-trials through VC for both remand &

trial purposes. District Informatics Officers (NIC) shall provide the required support to Jail authorities

in this regard

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(g)

Police Department shall earmark more dedicated escort vehicles for producing under-

trial prisoners to respective Courts as per Section 18 of Punjab Prisoners (Attendance in courts

Rules, 1969). Nodal officer shall ensure that the alternate arrangement is made, if dedicated escort

vehicle from Police line is not available for any reason.

(h)

In case, Police is not able to provide requisite escort/guard to produce under-trials in a

particular Court, an intimation, in this regard, to the concerned District Attorney and Jail Authorities,

should also be sent so that the Court be requested by them in advance to allow production of these

under-trial prisoners through VC.

ANURAG VERMA

Chandigarh

Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab

The 7th October, 2022

Department of Home Affairs and Justice

3070/3-2024/Pb. Govt. Press, S.A.S. Nagar