PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MARCH 20, 2025
(PHGN 29, 1946 SAKA)
EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025
(PHALGUNA 29, 1946 SAKA)
LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT
Contents Pages
Part - I Acts
The Punjab Water Resources (Management
and Regulation)Amendment Act, 2025.
(Punjab Act No. 1 of 2025)
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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), MARCH 20, 2025
(PHGN 29, 1946 SAKA)
PART 1
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB
NOTIFICATION
The 19th March, 2025
No. 1-Leg./2025.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of
Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 12th day of
March, 2025, is hereby published for general information :-
THE PUNJAB WATER RESOURCES (MANAGEMENT AND
REGULATION) AMENDMENT ACT, 2025
(Punjab Act No. 1 of 2025)
AN
ACT
further to amend the Punjab Water Resources (Management and
Regulation) Act, 2020.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Seventy-
sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Water Resources (Management Short title and commencement.
and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2025.
(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Punjab Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Act, 2020
(hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 6, for sub-sections (1)
and (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:-
date on which he enters upon his office:
Provided that the said term of three years may be extended
upto five years depending upon the quality of performance,
management of affairs and initiatives taken by the incumbent." 2
PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MARCH 20, 2025
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3. In the principal Act, for section 9, the following section shall be substituted,
namely:-
"9. (1) All fees, charges and funds received by the Authority from
Substitution of section 9 of Punjab Act 2 of 2020.
any source(s), as may be decided by the Government,
shall be deposited in the State Treasury.
Finance and budget of Authority.
(2) The Authority shall prepare annual budget and send it to the
Government every year to meet the expenditure on the following,
namely:-
(i) the salary, allowances and other remuneration of the
Chairperson, Members, Secretary, officers and other
employees of the Authority; and
(ii) the expenses of the Authority in the discharge of its
functions under this Act.
(3) The Government shall utilize the funds deposited by the Authority
to meet the objectives of the Act."
4. In the principal Act, in section 28, for sub-section (2), the following
sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
"(2) Where the Government is of the opinion that some reasonable
Amendment in section 28 of Punjab Act 2 of 2020.
directives need to be given to the Authority in respect of matters
relating to optimum utilization of ground water resources in public
interest, the Government may make such directives, as it deems
necessary in order to achieve the objectives of this Act, which shall
be binding upon the Authority."
MANDEEP PANNU,
Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,
Department of Legal and Legislative Affairs.
3346/3-2025/Pb. Govt. Press, S.A.S. Nagar