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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Contents Pages
Part I Acts
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Part II Ordinances
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Part III Delegated Legislation
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1. Notification No. G.S.R.2/C.A.12/1919/ Ss.2 and 8/Amd.(1)/2025 dated 17.02.2025 containing amendment in the Punjab Poisons Possession and Sale Rules, 2014.
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2. Notification No. G.S.R. 3 /P.A.4/1872/ S.39-A/ Amd.(14)/2025 dated 18.02.2025 containing amendment in the Punjab Chaukidara Rules.
Part IV Correction Slips, Republications and
Replacements
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PART-III
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(Health Branch-6)
NOTIFICATION
The 17th February, 2025
No. G.S.R. 2/C.A.12/1919/Ss.2 and 8/Amd.(1)/2025.-In exercise of
the powers conferred by sections 2 and 8 of the Poisons Act, 1919 (Central
Act No. 12 of 1919), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the
Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules, further to amend
the Punjab Poisons Possession and Sale Rules, 2014, namely:-
RULES
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Poisons Possession and Sale
(First Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Punjab Poisons Possession and Sale Rules, 2014 (hereinafter
referred to as the said rules) for rule 4, the following rule shall be substituted,
namely:-
"4. License for sale or possession for sale.–
No person, unless exempted under the provisions of the Act, shall sell or
possess for sale any poison specified in the Schedule, except under a license in
Form A granted or renewed in that behalf by the Licensing Authority."
3. In the said rules, in rule 6,-
(i) for the heading, the following heading shall be substituted, namely:-
"Application for grant or renewal of license or addition of poison in
existing license"; and
(ii) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-
"(1) Every person desiring for the grant or renewal of a license,
shall make an application to the Licensing Authority, in Form-B, for
upto ten items mentioned in the Schedule, duly affixing a court fee
stamp of rupees five hundred:
Provided that if the applicant is desiring to obtain a license for sale or
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make an application to the Licensing Authority in Form B accompanied with
an additional fee at the rate of rupees one hundred for each additional item
over and above the ten items:
Provided further that an application, in case of addition of item(s) at any
later stage, shall be accompanied with a self declaration to the effect that
there is no change in the infrastructure or facility since the grant of the license
and that sufficient infrastructure or facility is available for storage of such
additional items:
Provided further that if the applicant applies for the renewal of a license
within six months of its expiry, the applicant shall affix a court fee of rupees
five hundred and an additional court fee of rupees two hundred and fifty per
month or part thereof, as the case may be, with his application:
4. In the said rules, in Form A, in the heading, for the words "License for
possession and sale of Poisons", the words "License for sale or possession for
sale of Poisons" shall be substituted.
5. In the said rules, in Form B.-
(i) in the heading, for the words "Application for Grant/Renewal of
License for possession and sale of Poisons", the words
"Application for Grant or Renewal of License or Addition
of items for sale or possession for sale of Poisons" shall be
substituted;
(ii) for serial no. 4 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall
be substituted, namely:-
"4. License No. and Copy of License
[Applicable for renewal or addition of items applications]"; and
(iii) after serial no. 9 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall
be inserted, namely:-
"10. Self declaration of the availability of infrastructure or facility
(in case of addition of items).
Signature of Applicant (Name and address)"
KUMAR RAHUL,
Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Department of Health and Family Welfare.
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PART-III
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, REHABILITATION AND DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
(LAND REVENUE-2 BRANCH)
NOTIFICATION
The 18th February, 2025
No. G.S.R.3 /P.A.4/1872/S.39-A/Amd.(14)/2025.- In exercise of the
power conferred by section 39-A of the Punjab Laws Act, 1872 (Punjab Act
No. 4 of 1872), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor
of Punjab is pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Punjab
Chaukidara Rules (Published vide Punjab Government, Notification No. 2778,
dated the 15th August, 1876), namely:-
RULES
1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Chaukidara (First
Amendment) Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force with immediate effect.
2. In the Punjab Chaukidara Rules, in rule 33, in sub-rule (1), for the words
"one thousand, two hundred and fifty rupees", the words "one thousand
five hundred rupees" shall be substituted.
ANURAG VERMA,
Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation
and Disaster Management.
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