THE
(Pb Act XI of
1974)
C O N T E N T S
Sections
1. Short title and extent.
2. Validation of transportation fee under West Punjab Act IV of 1949 and Bahawalpur Cotton Control Act, 1949.
[1]THE
(Pb
Act XI of 1974)
[
An Act to validate the levy,
charging, collection and realisation of
transportation fee under the
Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to validate the levy,
charging, collection and realisation of
transportation fee under the West Punjab Cotton (Control) Act, 1949 and the Bahawalpur Cotton (Control) Act, 1949;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. Short title and extent.— (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Cotton Control (Validation of Transportation Fee) Act, 1974.
(2) It
extends to the whole of the
2. Validation
of transportation fee under West Punjab Act IV of 1949 and Bahawalpur
Cotton Control Act, 1949.— (1)
Notwithstanding any omission or anything to the contrary contained in the West
Punjab Cotton (Control) Act, 1949, or the Bahawalpur
Cotton (Control) Act, 1949 (both since repealed) or the rules made thereunder,
or anything to the contrary contained in any decree, judgement or order of any
court or other authority, the transportation fee levied, charged, collected or realised under the provisions of the above said Acts shall
be deemed to have been validly levied, or as the case may be, charged,
collected or realised.
[2][(2) Where
any fee referred to in sub-section (1) has not been paid or realised
before the coming into force of this Act, or if so paid or realised,
has been refunded or adjusted against other fees payable under the above said
Acts or the Punjab Cotton Control Ordinance, 1966, the same shall be
recoverable in accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Cotton Control
Ordinance, 1966 (Ordinance No. XX of 1966).]
[1]This Act was passed by the
Punjab Assembly on 7th October, 1974; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab
on 25th October, 1974; and, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary),
dated 25th October, 1974, pages 1356-A to 1356-B.
[2]Substituted by the