Pakistan (Punjab) Legislation

THE PUNJAB BUS STANDS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL (GUJRANWALA) ORDINANCE, 1963

(W.P. Ord. XX of 1963)

Sections

         1.         Short title and commencement.

         2.         Prohibition of keeping bus stands.

         3.         Truck-stands.

         4.         Goods carriers to halt at authorised places.

         5.         Provision and maintenance of bus stands.

         6.         Power of the District Magistrate.

         7.         Officer authorised to impound stage carriages and goods carriers.

         8.         Payment of rent.

         9.         Removal of petrol pumps.

       10.         Delegation of powers.

       11.         Exemption.

       12.         Penalty.

       13.         Validation.

 

^[1]THE ^[2][PUNJAB] BUS STANDS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL (GUJRANWALA) ORDINANCE, 1963

(W.P. Ordinance XX of 1963)

[6 June 1963]

      An Ordinance—

      (a)  to provide for measures to remove and prevent traffic congestion and to regulate movement of vehicular traffic within the municipal limits of Gujranwala;

      (b)  to remove the existing petrol pumps from their present sites on the Grand Trunk Road from the T-crossing of Sheikhupura road to the crossing of the Labh Singh Road; and

      (c)  to validate the actions taken under the Martial Law order No. 119 issued by the Martial law Administrator, Zone ‘B’ and the West Pakistan Ordinance No. XXI of 1962.

      WHEREAS the Martial Law Order No. 119 was issued by the Martial Law Administrator, Zone B, on the 13th April, 1962; with effect from the 1st June, 1961, and on its repeal by President’s Order No. 29 of 1962, it was continued by the Governor of West Pakistan by promulgating the West Pakistan Martial Law Orders (Continuance in Force) Ordinance, 1962 (West Pakistan Ordinance No.XXI of 1962);

      AND WHEREAS the validity of the said Martial Law Order and the said West Pakistan Ordinance and the actions taken thereunder has been questioned;

      AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for measures to remove and prevent traffic congestion and to regulate movement of vehicular traffic within the municipal limits of Gujranwala, to remove the existing petrol pumps from their present site on the Grand Trunk Road from the T-crossing of Sheikhupura road to the crossing to the Labh Singh Road, and to validate the actions taken in pursuance of the said Martial Law Order No. 119 and the said West Pakistan Ordinance No. XXI of 1962;

      AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session and the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate legislation necessary;

      Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) of Article 79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:--

1.   Short title and commencement.— (1) This Ordinance may be called the ^[3][Punjab] Bus Stands and Traffic Control (Gujranwala) Ordinance, 1963.

      (2)  It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the 1st June, 1961.

2.   Prohibition of keeping bus stands.— No person, company or association plying stage carriages to, from, or through the municipal limits of Gujranwala, shall keep any stand (adda) or use any place, including a highway, road or street within the municipal limits of Gujranwala, for picking up or setting down the passengers or halting the vehicles, except under and in accordance with the terms of an authority issued by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala.

3.   Truck-stands.— No place within the municipal limits of Gujranwala other than a place duly authorised by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, shall be used as a truck-stand.

4.   Goods carriers to halt at authorised places.— No goods carrier shall, save for loading or unloading goods, halt at any place within the municipal limits of Gujranwala other than a place approved by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala.

5.   Provision and maintenance of bus stands.— The District Magistrate, Gujranwala, may require the Municipal Committee, Gujranwala, to provide and maintain bus-stands and truck stands at such places within the municipal limits of Gujranwala as may be approved by him.

6.   Power of the District Magistrate.— Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, or any decree, judgment or order of any Court or Authority, the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, may—

      (a)  lay down the routes to be followed by stage carriages or goods carriers within the municipal limits of Gujranwala;

      (b)  regulate timing of arrival and departure of stage carriages plying from, to, or through the municipal limits of Gujranwala;

      (c)  frame rules for the administration of bus and truck-stands established under this Ordinance.

7.   Officer authorised to impound stage carriages and goods carriers.— Any stage carriage or goods carrier found plying or at halt in contravention of the directions issued by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, in pursuance of this Ordinance, shall be impounded by an officer authorised by the District Magistrate in this behalf, or by any police officer, not below the rank of an Assistant Sub-Inspector. Any vehicle so impounded shall not be released except by or under the orders of the District Magistrate, Gujranwala.

8.   Payment of rent.— Any person, company or association using the municipal bus stands in Gujranwala for operating stage carriages, or using truck stands maintained by the Municipal Committee, or using land belonging to the Municipal Committee, Gujranwala, or the Gujranwala Improvement Trust for running a truck-stand shall pay such rent to the Municipal Committee or Improvement Trust, as the case may be, as may be approved by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, in this behalf. Any rent due from any such person, company or association shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue. The District magistrate, Gujranwala, may also, impound the vehicles run by a defaulter and may not release such vehicles until the arrears have been paid.

9.   Removal of petrol pumps.— Any person running petrol pump at any place on the Grand Trunk Road from the T-crossing of Sheikhupura Road to the crossing of the Labh Singh Road shall forthwith remove it to such place outside that area, as is approved by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala.

10.    Delegation of powers.— The District Magistrate, Gujranwala, may delegate any of the powers vested in him under this Ordinance to any officer subordinate to him or to the Gujranwala Improvement Trust or the Municipal Committee, Gujranwala, or any officer thereof.

11.    Exemption.— The District Magistrate, Gujranwala, may exempt any person, vehicle or class of vehicles from the operation of all or any of the provisions of this Ordinance.

12.    Penalty.— Any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets the contravention of any provision of this Ordinance or any direction issued by the District Magistrate, Gujranwala, in pursuance of this Ordinance or the rules framed under clause (c) of section 6 shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both.

13.    Validation.— Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Town Improvement Act, 1922 (Punjab Act IV of 1922), as amended by the Punjab Town Improvement (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance (No. XVIII of 1962), the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960 (Ordinance No.X of 1960), or any other law for the time being in force, or in any decree, judgment or order of any Court or Authority, anything done, route laid, timing fixed, rules framed, direction given or order issued by District Magistrate, Gujranwala, the Gujranwala Improvement Trust, the Municipal Committee, Gujranwala, or any other authority in pursuance of the said Martial Law Order No. 119 or the said West Pakistan Ordinance XXI of 1962, shall be deemed to have been validly done, laid, fixed, framed, given or issued respectively under this Ordinance and shall be continued.