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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

Contents

Pages

Part I

Acts

Nil

Part II

Ordinances

Nil

Part III

Delegated Legislation

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.

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

Nil

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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)

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.

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.”

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

possession for sale of more than ten items mentioned in the Schedule, he shall

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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:

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.

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)

These rules may be called the Punjab Chaukidara (First

Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(2)

They shall come into force with immediate effect.

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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