Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Permanent Resident Certificate (Procedure) Act, 1963
No: 13 Dated: Mar, 27 1963
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR GRANT OF PERMANENT RESIDENT CERTIFICATE (PROCEDURE) ACT, 1963
(Act No. XIII of 1963)
An Act to provide for the regulation and grant of permanent resident certificates Be it enacted by the Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title. - This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Permanent Resident Certificate (Procedure) Act, 1963.
2. Repeal and saving. - (1) From the date this Act comes into force, all previous Laws Rules, Commands, Orders, Circulars and Instructions, relating to the grant of State Subject or Permanent Resident Certificates in so far as they are repugnant to this Act, shall be deemed to have been repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, all certificates granted, actions taken and other things done under the Laws, Rules, Commands, Orders, Circulars and Instructions so repealed shall be deemed to have been granted, taken or done under this Act.
3. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "certificate" means a Permanent Residents Certificate granted under this Act;
(b) "competent authority" means an officer appointed as such by notification by the Government for purposes of this Act;
(c) "permanent resident" means a person who is or is deemed to be a permanent resident under section 6 of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir;
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act:
4. Presentation of applications and appearances etc. - Applications for grant of certificates may be made and appearances and other acts done-]
(a) by the applicant personally;
(b) by persons holding general or special powers of attorney on behalf of an applicant;
(c) by any class of legal practitioners:
Provided that the Government may prescribe any other mode of presentation of applications generally or in the case of any class or classes of persons;
Provided further that the finger prints and signatures of application shall be affixed before the competent authority in the manner prescribed.
(2) The competent authority shall, on being satisfied about the genuineness of the application, grant a certificate to the person applying for it, under this Act.]
5. Procedure for issue of summons, notices, etc. - The provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Land Revenue Act Svt. 1996 in regard to the issue of summons, notices, proclamations, orders and to the conduct of enquiries, places of hearing, recording of statements, issue of copies, inspection of records, shall apply mutatis mutandis to proceedings under this Act.