Keyword(s):
Agriculture, Building, Road, Erect or Re-erect any Building

An Act to control and re;;ulate the Periphery of ‘[the territ!.ria
which immediately before the 1st November, 1966, comprn sed
the new Cap,tal ] of the State OF Punjab.
It is hereby enacted us foIlows :-

  1. (1)This Act may be called the Punjab New Capital
    short title,
    extent and (Periphery) Control Act, 1952.
    cornmence-
    mem.
    2[(2J It extends to such part of the area in the State of Haryana
    as is adjacent to and withirj. a distance of ten miles on all sides from the
    outer boundq of the land acquired for the Capital of the State at
    Chandigarh asitexisted immediatel!~before the 1stNovember, 1966.1
    (3) It shall come into force at once.
    Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless thecontextotherwiserequires-
    (I) “agriculture”includes3~or&iculture, @farming,poultry
    fanning] andplanting and upkeep of orchard ;
    (2) “buiIdingi’has the same meaning as is assigned to it in
    clause(2)ofsection3ofthePunjabMunicipalP~ct,19~1, t
    (Act Ill of 1911) ;
    i
    4[(3) “Director” means the Director, Town and Country
    Planning Department, Haryana and includes any person
    for the rime being appointed by the State Government,
    by notification in the official Gazette, to perform ail or
    any funcr.ions of the Director, under this Act ;I
    5[(4)”Commissioner” means the Commissioner and
    Secretq to Government, Haryana, Town and Country
    Planning Department ;j
    ‘[(4AJ’local authority” means the Municipal Committe,
    Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation :]
    I. For the words “New Capital” by the Haryana Adaptation of Substituted
    hwsOrder, 1968
  2. Subsu~utcdfor sub-:;eclion(2) by ibid-
  3. Substituted for the word “h~rliculture”by Haryana Act 38 of 1971.
  4. Substilured by Haryma Act 15 of 2001.
  5. Substituted by Haryann Act 3 of 2000.
  6. Lnscncd by Haryana Act 22 of 1999.1953 :Pb. Act I ] NEW CAPITAL (PERIPA~RY)
    MNTROL
    (5) “prescribed”means prescribed by rules made under this
    Act ;
    (6)”road” means a metalled o;.unrnetaIled road, whether a
    throughfare or not, accessible to the public and
    maintained by the State Government or by a local
    authority ;and
    (7)the expression “to erect or re-erect any building” has
    the same meaning as is assigned to it in clause (5) of
    section 3 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Act No. 3
    of 1911).
  7. (1) The State Governmentmay by notification in the Official Declaration of
    Gazette declare the whole or any part of the mato which this Act con~olledarea-
    extends to be a controlled arm for the purposes of this Act.
  8. (1) The ZIDirector] shall within three months of the fibljca[ion of
    declarationunder sub-section (I)of section 3 deposit at his office and at plans of
    such other places as he considers necessary, plans showing the area mnrroH*area.
    declared to be a “controlled area” for the purposes of this Act,
    signifying thcrein thenature of the resQictionsapplicableto the controHed
    area.
    (2)The plans so deposited shdl be in the form prescribed and
    shall be available for inspection by the public free of charge at all
    reasonable times.
  9. Except as provided hereinaftsr, no person shall erect or re- Resrricdons in
    erect any building or make or extend any excavation, or lay out any a controIled
    mzans of access to a road, in the controlled area save in accordance
    wilh the plans and restrictions and with the previous permission of the
    2pirector] in writing.
  10. (I) Every person desiring to obtain the permission referred Applications
    to in section 5 shall make an application in writing to the 2wiTector] for permission
    and the ganlor
    refiisal ofsuch
    in such form and containing such information in respect ofthe building,
    excavattion or meansof accessto which the applicationrelates as may be a,,isrion.
    prescribed.

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