Punjab District Planning Committees Act, 2005

No: 22 Dated: Nov, 28 2005

THE PUNJAB DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEES ACT, 2005

Punjab Act No. 22 of 2005

    An Act to provide for the constitution of the District Planning Committees with a view to consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the districts and to prepare the draft development plans for the districts as a whole in the State and for the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fiftysixth Year of the Republic of India.

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Punjab District Planning Committees Act, 2005.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Committee chosen under sub-section (3) of Section 3;

(b) "Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of Section 3;

(c) "district" means a revenue district in the State;

(d) "member" means a member of the Committee and includes its Chairperson;

(e) "Municipality" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it under clause (e) of Article 243-P of the Constitution of India;

(f) "Panchayat" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it under clause (f) of Article 243-P of the Constitution of India;

(g) "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published;

(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(i) "section" means section of this Act;

(j) "State" means the State of Punjab; and

(k) "State Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab.