Punjab Commission on Status of Women Act, 2014

From: 2014-02-24 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to provide for the establishment of Punjab Commission on the Status of Women. Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to establish Punjab Commission on the Status of Women for the empowerment of women, expansion of opportunities for socio-economic development of women and elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and for ancillary matters; It is enacted as follows:- CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act 2014. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act– (a) “Chairperson” means Chairperson of the Commission and includes acting Chairperson; (b) “Commission” means Punjab Commission on the Status of Women established under the Act; (c) “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the Commission; (d) “Fund” means the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Fund established under the Act; (e) “girl” means a female human being who has not attained the age of eighteen years; (f) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; (g) “member” means a member of the Commission; (h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules; (i) “Secretary” means Secretary of the Commission; and (j) “woman “means a female human being of eighteen years of age or above. CHAPTER II THE COMMISSION 3. Establishment of the Commission.– (1) The Government shall constitute a Commission to be known as ‘Punjab Commission on the Status of Women’. (2) The Commission shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of any property and shall sue and be sued by the said name. (3) The Commission shall consist of– (a) the Chairperson, who shall be a woman having experience for more than fifteen years of working on issues relating to women and their rights; (b) one member from each Division of the Punjab, preferably women, but at least fifty percent members shall be women; (c) one woman member who is a non-Muslim; (d) Secretaries to the Government, Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Finance, Planning and Development, Home,…