PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ.(EXTRA), MARCH 20, 2025

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EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025

(PHALGUNA 29, 1946 SAKA)

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LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

Contents

Pages

Part - I

Acts

The Punjab Water Resources (Management

and Regulation)Amendment Act, 2025.

(Punjab Act No. 1 of 2025)

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

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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

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:-

"(1) No person shall serve as Chairperson or other Member if he

has attained the age of sixty five years.

(2) Chairperson or other Members shall hold office for a term, as

may be specified, but not exceeding three years at a time, from the

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."

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Short title and

commencement.

Amendment in

section 6 of

Punjab Act 2 of

2020.

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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

any source(s), as may be decided by the Government,

shall be deposited in the State Treasury.

(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

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.

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Substitution of

section 9 of

Punjab Act 2 of

2020.

Amendment in

section 28 of

Punjab Act 2 of

2020.

Finance and

budget of

Authority.