Punjab Local Government Act, 2019

From: 2019-05-04 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to reconstitute local governments in the Punjab and for related purposes Whereas it is expedient to reconstitute local governments in the Punjab for effective discharge of certain public services and to provide for their authority and duties for this purpose, and matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto; Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:- PART 1 PRELIMINARY Chapter I – Applicability and Interpretation 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Local Government Act, 2019. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Punjab other than the areas notified as cantonments under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (II of 1924), or the Cantonments Ordinance, 2002 (CXXXVII of 2002), in relation to the matters covered there under and such other areas under active possession and direct control of the Armed Forces of Pakistan that may be notified by the Government for this purpose. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:- (a) ‘Act’ means the Punjab Local Government Act, 2019; (b) ‘administration’ means the part of a local government comprising Chief Officer, other officers and servants of the local government; (c) ‘Auditor General’ means the Auditor General of Pakistan appointed under Article 168 of the Constitution; (d) ‘authorized auditor’ means any commercial auditor other than the Auditor General authorized by the Government to undertake extra-ordinary audit of a local government under section 195 of this Act; (e) ‘Board’ means the Punjab Local Government Board continued under section 298 of this Act; (f) ‘Cabinet’ means the Cabinet of Ministers, with the Chief Minister as its head as mentioned in Article 130 of the Constitution; (g) ‘candidate’ means a candidate for election under this Act; (h) ‘cantonment’ means a place or places declared and notified as cantonment under the Cantonments Act, 1924 (II of 1924), or the Cantonments Ordinance, 2002 (CXXXVII of 2002) by the Government of Pakistan; [2][(i) ‘census’ means a population and housing census provisionally or finally…