The Punjab Laws Act, 1872
PREAMBLE.


SECTIONS

1. Short title.
2. Local extent.

Commencement.

3. Enactments in force.
4. [Repealed.].


# THE PUNJAB LAWS ACT, 1872
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

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_Civil Judicature_


5. Decisions in certain cases to be according to Native law.
6. Decisions in cases not specially provided for.
7. Local customs and mercantile usages when valid.

_[Descent of Jaghirs](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#FC002)_


8. [Repealed.].

8A. [Repealed.].

8B. [Repealed.].

8C. [Repealed.].

9. [Repealed.].
10. [Repealed.].
11. [Repealed.].
12. [Repealed.].
13. [Repealed.].
14. [[Repealed.].](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#FS014)
15. [Repealed.].
16. [Repealed.].
17. [Repealed.].
18. [Repealed.].
19. [Repealed.].
20. [Repealed.].

21. [Repealed.].

22. [Repealed.].
23. [Repealed.].
24. [Repealed.].
25. [Repealed.].
26. [Repealed.].
27. [Repealed.].
28. [Repealed.].


_Pre-Emption_

_Decrees Concerning Land_

_[Insolvency](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#FC005)_

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SECTIONS


29. [Repealed.].
30. [Repealed.].
31. [Repealed.].
32. [Repealed.].
33. [Repealed.].

34. [Repealed.].
35. [Repealed.].
36. [Repealed.].
37. [Repealed.].
38. [Repealed.].


_Minors and the Court of Wards_

_Criminal Judicature_


39. Indian Penal Code to apply to offences committed previous to 1st January, 1862.

Saving of privileges conferred on certain Chiefs.


39A. Power to establish system of village-watchmen, and municipal-watchmen and to make rules.


39B. Obligation to assist watchmen and headmen.


Person obstructing watchman or headman may be arrested without warrant.


39C. Power to direct local taxation for payment of police enrolled under Act 5 of 1861.


39D. Notice of taxes proposed to be levied.


Objections to taxation.


Procedure thereon.


39E. Power to fix rates of tax.


39F. Power to make rules for collection of taxes.


[39G. [Repealed.].](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#FS039G)

_Honorary police-officers_

40. State Government may confer powers of police-officer.

_Track Law_


41. Trackers may call for assistance in carrying on tracks.

Limit

42. Penalty for withholding assistance or conniving at offence or escape.

Limit to fine.
Appeal to High Court.
Fine may be awarded to injured parties, and fee to tracker.

_Slaughter of kine_

43. Control of slaughter of kine and sale of beef.

_Armed Men and Foreign Vagrants_

44. Control of entry into towns of bands of armed men.
45. Powers of Magistrate of district as to foreign vagrants.
46. Surveillance, etc., of band failing to comply with Magistrate's order.

_Miscellaneous_


47. Crossing of streams on buoys or skins.


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SECTIONS


48. Use of pasturage or natural product of Government land.
49. [Repealed.].
50. Power to make rules as to matters mentioned in sections 43 to 48.

Existing Rules.


50A. Conditions of validity of rules hereafter made under this Act.


50B. Penalties for breach of such rules.

51. Republication of rules and orders.
52. [[Repealed.].](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#FS052)


Schedule I.—ENACTMENTS DECLARED TO BE IN FORCE.


Schedule II.—[Repealed.].


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# THE PUNJAB LAWS ACT, 1872

 ACT NO. IV OF 1872

 [28th March, 1872.]

An Act for declaring which of certain rules, laws and regulations have the force of law in the Punjab, and


for other purposes.


**Preamble.—WHEREAS certain rules, laws and regulations, made heretofore for the Punjab, acquired the**

force of law under the provisions of section 25 of the [1][Indian Councils Act, 1861; and whereas it is expedient

to declare which of the said rules, laws and regulations shall henceforth be in force in the Punjab, and to

amend, consolidate or repeal others of the said rules, orders and regulations; It is hereby enacted as


follows:—


**1. Short title.—This Act may be called “The Punjab Laws Act, 1872.**

**2. Local extent. Commencement.—It extends to the territories [2][which immediately before the 1st**

November, 1956, were comprised in the States of Punjab and Delhi], but not so as to alter the effect of any


regulations made for any parts of the said territories under the [3]Statute 33 Vict. Section 1;


And it shall come into force on the first day of June, 1872.


**3. Enactments in force.—The Regulations, Acts and orders specified in the First Schedule hereto**

annexed are in force in the [4][territories to which this Act extends] to the extent specified in the third column


of the said Schedule.


**4. Enactments repealed.—[Rep. by the Second Repealing and Amending Act,** 1914 (17 of

1914), Section 3 and Schedule II.]


_Civil Judicature_



**[5][5. Decisions in certain cases to be according to Native law.—In questions regarding succession,**

special property of females, betrothal, marriage, divorce, dower, adoption, guardianship, minority, bastardy,

family relations, wills, legacies, gifts, partitions, or any religious usage or institution the rule of decision


shall be—


(1) any custom applicable to the parties concerned, which is not contrary to justice, equity or good

conscience, and has not been by this or any other enactment altered or abolished, and has not been
declared to be void by any competent authority;

1. Rep. by the Government of India Act, 1915.
2. Subs. for “constituting the States of Punjab and Delhi” by 2 A.L.O., 1956 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
3. Rep. by the Government of India Act, 1915.
4. Subs. by s. 2 A.L.O., 1956 for “States of Punjab and Delhi” (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
5. Subs. by Act 12 of 1878, s. 1, for the section 5.

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(2) the Muhammadan law, in cases where the parties are Muhammadans, and the Hindu law, in cases

where the parties are Hindus, except in so far as such law has been altered or abolished by legislative
enactment, or is opposed to the provisions of this Act, or has been modified by any such custom as is
above referred to.]

**[6. Decisions in cases not specially provided for.—In cases not otherwise specially provided for, the](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS006)**


Judges shall decide according to justice, equity and good conscience.


**[7. Local customs and mercantile usages when valid.—All local customs and mercantile usages shall](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS007)**

be regarded as valid, unless they are contrary to justice, equity or good conscience, or have, before the
passing of this Act, been declared to be void by any competent authority.


[1[Descent Of Jaghirs]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC002)


**8.** **[Repealed.—[Subs. by the Punjab Descent of Jaghirs Act, 1900 (Pun. Act 4 of 1900), s.](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS008)** _2.]_


**[8A. Repealed.— [Subs. by the Punjab Descent of Jaghirs Act, 1900 (Pun. Act 4 of 1900), s. 2.]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS008A)**


**[8B. Repealed. — [Subs. by the Punjab Descent of Jaghirs Act, 1900 (Pun. Act 4 of 1900), s. 2.]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS008B)**


**[8C. Repealed. — [Subs. by the Punjab Descent of Jaghirs Act, 1900 (Pun. Act 4 of 1900), s. 2.]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS008C)**


_[Pre-Emption](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC003)_


**[9. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS009)**


**[10. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS010)**

**[11. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS011)**

**[12. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS012)**

**[13. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS013)**

**[14. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS014)**

**[15. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS015)**

**[16. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS016)**

**[17. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS017)**

**[18. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS018)**

**[19. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS019)**

**[20. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1905 (Punjab Act 2 of 1905), Section 2(1).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS020)**

1. Rep. by the Punjab Jaghirs Act, 1941 (Pun. Act 5 of 1941), s. 13.

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_[Decrees Concerning Land](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC004)_


**[21. Copy of decrees affecting land to be forwarded to Deputy Commissioner.— [Repealed by the](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS021)**


_Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 (17 of 1887).]_


_[Insolvency](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC005)_


**[22. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS022)**


**[23. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS023)**


**[24. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS024)**


**[25. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS025)**


**[26. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS026)**


**[27. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS027)**


**[28. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS028)**


**[29. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS029)**


**[30. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS030)**


**[31. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS031)**


**[32. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1907 (3 of 1907).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS032)**


**[33. Saving of previous insolvency proceedings.— [Repealed by the Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS033)**


_[Minors and the Court of Wards](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC006)_


**[34. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903 (Punjab Act 2 of 1903), Section](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS034)**


_2(1).]_


**[35. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903 (Punjab Act 2 of 1903), Section](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS035)**


_2(1).]_


**[36. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903 (Punjab Act 2 of 1903), Section](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS036)**


_2(1).]_


**[37. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903 (Punjab Act 2 of 1903), Section](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS037)**


_2(1).]_


**[38. Repealed.— [Repealed by the Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903 (Punjab Act 2 of 1903), Section](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS038)**


_2(1).]_


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**[39. Indian Penal Code to apply to offences committed previous to 1st January, 1862.—The](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039)**

provisions of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), with the exception of Chapter VI, shall be applicable to

all offences committed before first January, 1862, in territory which was, at the time of the commission of


such offence, subject to the State Government of the Punjab:


**Saving of privileges conferred on certain Chiefs.—Provided that nothing contained in this section**

shall affect any privilege conferred on certain Chiefs in the Punjab by the Central Government, or by the

Board of Administration for the affairs of the Punjab, nor any indemnity or pardon granted by competent


authority.


[1[39A. Power to establish system of village-watchmen and municipal-watchmen, and to make](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039A)

**[rules.—The State Government may establish a system of village-watchmen or municipal-watchmen in any](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039A)**

part of the territories under its administration, and in furtherance of this object may, from time to time, make


rules to provide for the following matters:—


(a) the definition of the limits of watchmen's beats;


(b) the determination of the several grades of watchmen, and the number of each grade to be


appointed to each beat;


(c) the appointment, suspension, dismissal and resignation of watchmen of each grade;


(d) the equipment and discipline of, and the control and supervision over, such watchmen;


(e) the conferring upon them, and the exercise by them, of any powers and the enjoyment by them

of any protection or privilege, which may be exercised and enjoyed by a police-officer under any law
for the time being in force;

(f) the performance by them of such duties relating to police, sanitation or statistics, or for the benefit

of the village communities or municipalities within their respective beats, as the State Government thinks
fit;

(g) the exercise of authority over, and the rendering of aid to, such watchmen by headmen of the


villages or members of the Municipal Committees of the towns comprised in their respective beats;


(h) the performance, by the headmen of villages comprised in the beat of any watchmen, of any of


the duties of a village-watchman in aid of, or substitution for, such watchman;


(i) the exercise, by such village-headmen for the purposes referred to in clauses (g) and (h), or by

members of Municipal Committees for the purposes referred to in clause (g) of this section, of any of
the powers, and the enjoyment by such headmen or members of any privilege or protection, of a
village-watchman, or a municipal-watchman, as the case may be;

1. Subs. by Act 24 of 1881, s. 2, for ss. 39A and 39B.

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(j) the determination of the rate at which, and the mode in which, watchmen shall be paid, and, in

the case of village-watchmen, of the mode in which their pay, the expenses of their equipment, and other
charges connected with the village-watchman-system shall be provided for, whether out of cesses or funds
already leviable or available in the villages comprised in the beat, or by a special tax in money or kind to
be imposed on any class of persons residing or owning property in, or resorting to, such villages, or partly
in one of these ways and partly in the other;

(k) the collection with or without the aid of the village-headmen, and by any process available for

the realisation of the land-revenue, of any tax imposed under clause (j) of this section, and the application
of, and the mode of accounting for, the same; and generally for;


(l) the efficient working of the system of village-watchmen or municipal-watchmen:


Provided—


_first, that the rules to be made regarding the appointment of village-watchmen shall allow to the_

headmen of the villages comprised in the beat to which such a watchman is to be appointed a power of
nomination to be exercised in such manner and subject to such reasonable conditions as may be
prescribed by such rules;

_secondly, that the rules to be made under clause (j) of this section with regard to village-watchmen_

shall include provisions for recording and securing due consideration of the views and opinions on the
matters therein referred to of the headmen of the villages comprised in each beat.

**[39B. Obligation to assist watchmen and headmen.—Every person is bound to render to a](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039B)**

village-watchman, or municipal watchman, or village-headman discharging the duties of a police-officer


under the rules made hereunder, all the assistance which he is bound to render to a police-officer.


**Person obstructing watchman or headman may be arrested without warrant.—Any person who**

obstructs such watchman or headman in the discharge of such duties may be arrested without warrant by a

police-officer or by any watchman or village-headman empowered in this behalf by the State Government.]

[1[39C. Power to direct local taxation for payment of police enrolled under Act 5 of](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039C)

**[1861.—Whenever it seems to the State Government expedient that the duties of watch-and-ward and other](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039C)**
internal police-service of any town or village not comprised within the limits of a municipality or within the
limits of a village-watchman's beat as defined under the power conferred by section 39A should be performed
by police-officers enrolled under [2]Act V of 1861, the State Government may direct that the said service shall
be so performed, and may also [3]*** direct that the charges for the time being fixed by such Government on
account of such service shall be defrayed by taxes to be levied in such town or village.

1. Ins. by Act 15 of 1875, s. 2.
2. The Police Act.
3. The words “subject to the control of the G.G. in C.” rep. by the A.O. 1937.

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**[39D. Notice of taxes proposed to be levied.—When the State Government has, under section 39C,](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039D)**

directed that taxes shall be levied in any town or village, the Deputy Commissioner may from time to time
issue a public notice in such town or village explaining the nature of the taxes he proposes to levy.

**Objections to taxation.—Any inhabitant of such town or village objecting to the taxation thus proposed**

may, within fifteen days from the publication of such notice, send his objection in writing to the Deputy
Commissioner.

**Procedure thereon.—After the expiry of fifteen days from the publication of the notice, the Deputy**

Commissioner may submit for the information of the State Government a report of the proposal made by
him. Such report shall contain specific mention of the objections (if any) urged to his proposal and his
opinion on such objections.


No such tax shall be levied until it has, upon such report, been approved by the State Government.


**[39E. Power to fix rates of tax.—When any such tax has been so approved by the State Government,](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039E)**

the Deputy Commissioner may from time to time, subject to such rules consistent with this Act as the State
Government may from time to time prescribe, determine the rates at which it is to be levied.

**[39F. Power to make rules for collection of taxes.—The State Government may from time to time make](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039F)**

rules to provide for the collection of such taxes by any process available for the realisation of the landrevenue and to regulate the application and mode of accounting for the same.

**[39G. Validation clause.—[Rep. by the Amending Act, 1891 (12 of 1891).]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS039G)**


_[Honorary police-officers](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC007)_


**[40. State Government may confer powers of police-officer.— The State Government may, if it thinks](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS040)**

fit, confer on any person any of the powers which may be exercised by a police-officer under any Act for
the time being in force, [1][and may withdraw any powers so conferred].

_[Track law](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC008)_

**[41. Trackers may call for assistance in carrying on tracks.—When an offence is, has been, or may](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS041)**

reasonably be supposed to have been committed, and the tracks of the persons who may reasonably be
supposed to have committed such offence, or of any animal or other property reasonably supposed to be
connected with such offence, are followed to a spot within the immediate vicinity of a village, the person
following such tracks may call upon any headman or village-watchman in such village to assist in carrying
on the tracks.

**[42. Penalty for withholding assistance or conniving at offence or escape.—If such headman or](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS042)**

watchman do not forthwith give such assistance, or if the inhabitants of such village do not afford full
opportunity for search in their houses for the offenders, or, if from the circumstances of the case, there shall
appear good reason to believe that the inhabitants of such village, or any of them were conniving at the
offence or at the escape of the offenders, and such offenders cannot be traced beyond the village, the
Magistrate of the district may, with the previous sanction of the Commissioner of the Division inflict a fine
upon such village not exceeding five hundred rupees, except in the case of stolen property over five hundred
rupees in value, in which case the fine shall not exceed the value of such property.

**Appeal to High Court.—An appeal against all convictions under this section shall lie to the High Court**


of Punjab [2][and Haryana].


**Fine may be awarded to injured parties, and fee to tracker.—The Magistrate may direct that the fine**

imposed under this section or any part thereof shall be awarded to any persons injured by such offence in

1. Ins. by Act 12 of 1878, s. 5.
2. Ins. by Punjab Adaptations of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968 (w.e.f. 1-11-1966).

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compensation for such injury; and, in the case of stolen property recovered through the agency of a tracker,
may direct that such property be not restored to its owner until he has paid to such tracker such fee, not
exceeding one-fourth part of the value of the stolen property, as to the said Magistrate seems fit.

_[Slaughter Of kine](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC009)_

**[43. Control of slaughter of kine and sale of beef.—The slaughter of kine and the sale of beef shall not](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS043)**

take place except [1][* * *] subject to rules to be from time to time, either generally or in any particular
instance, prescribed by the State Government.


_[Armed men and foreign vagrants](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC010)_


**[44. Control of entry into towns of bands of armed men.—No band of armed men shall enter into any](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS044)**

city or town, except [1][* * *] subject to rules to be from time to time, either generally or in any particular
instance, prescribed by the State Government.

**[45. Powers of Magistrate of district as to foreign vagrants.—The Magistrate of the district may, if he](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS045)**

considers that any band of foreign vagrants is likely to occasion a breach of the peace or to commit any
offence under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), prohibit such band from entering his district; or, if they
are already in his district, may require them within a given time to leave it.

**[46. Surveillance, etc., of band failing to comply with Magistrate's order.— If any such band fail to](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS046)**

comply with the orders of the said Magistrate within the prescribed period, he shall report the matter to the
State Government, and the State Government may give such directions for the surveillance, control or
deportation of such band, as to it seems fit.


_[Miscellaneous](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC011)_


**[47. Crossing of streams on buoys or skins.—No person shall cross any river or stream on a buoy or](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS047)**

inflated skin, nor shall have in his possession or custody any buoy or skin for the purpose of being used in
crossing any river or stream, except [1][* * *] subject to rules to be from time to time, either generally or in
any particular instance, prescribed by the State Government.

**[48. Use of pasturage or natural product of Government land.—No person shall make use of the](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS048)**

pasturage or other natural product of any land being the property of the Government, except with the consent
and subject to rules to be from time to time, either generally or in any particular instance, prescribed
by [2][the Government concerned].

**[49. Growing, selling or keeping opium.—[Rep. by the Opium Act, 1878 (1 of 1878), s. 2 and Schedule.]](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS049)**

[3[50. Power to make rules as to matters mentioned in sections 43 to 48.—The State Government may](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS050)

from time to time make rules as to the matters mentioned in [4][sections 43 to 48] inclusive.

**Existing rules.—All existing rules upon such matters, which might have been made under this section**

had it been in force, shall be deemed to have been made hereunder.

**[50A. Conditions of validity of rules hereafter made under this Act.—[5][(1)] [6][Rules made under this](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS050A)**

Act shall not be valid unless]:—


1. The words “with the consent and” omitted by Act 12 of 1878, s. 6.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950 for “the Govt. for whose purposes the land is vested in His Majesty”.
3. Subs. by Act 15 of 1875, s. 3, for s. 50.
4. Subs. by Act 12 of 1891, s. 2 and Schedule II, for “sections forty-three to forty-nine”.
5. Ins. by Act 4 of 2005, s. 2 and Schedule.
6. Subs. by the A.O. 1937 for “All rules hereafter made by the L.G. under any power conferred by this Act shall be subject to the
control of the G.G. in C. and no such rules shall be valid unless”.

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(a) they are consistent with the laws for the time being in force in the [1][territories to which this Act

extends];

(b) they are published in the Official Gazette;

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3[(2) Every rule made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is

made, before the State Legislature.]


**[50B. Penalties for breach of such rules.—The State Government may, in making any rule under any](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS050B)**

of the powers conferred by this Act, attach to the breach of it, in addition to any other consequences that
would ensue from such breach, a punishment on conviction before a Magistrate not exceeding six months'
imprisonment, or three hundred rupees fine, or both.]

[4[51. Republication of rules and orders.—All rules which the State Government is empowered to issue](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS051)

under this Act, and all circulars issued by the High Court of Punjab [5][and Haryana], shall be republished
from time to time by the State Government, and upon such republication, shall be arranged in the order of
their subject-matter, and all such alterations or amendments as may have been made since the last preceding
publication thereof, or may have become necessary or advisable, shall be embodied therewith, and upon
such republication all such rules and circulars previously issued shall be repealed.]

**[52. Recovery of advances made by Government.—[Rep. by the Northern India Takkavi Act,](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BS052)**

1879 (10 of 1879).]

1. Subs. by for “States of Punjab and Delhi” by 2 A.L.O., 1956 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Clause (c) of Section 50A repealed by Act 4 of 1914.
3. Ins. by Act 4 of 2005, s. 2 and Schedule.
4. Subs. by Punjab Act 1 of 1910, for the original s. 51.
5. Ins. by Punjab Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1968 (w.e.f. 1-11-1966).

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[1[SCHEDULE I](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC012)


ENACTMENTS DECLARED TO BE IN FORCE


_Explanation.—This schedule does not refer to any Act which is in its terms applicable to the Punjab, or_

which has been extended to the Punjab by competent authority.

No. and year Title Extent to which the enactment is in force


2[Reg. I of
1798


A Regulation to prevent Fraud and Injustice in Conditional Sales of
Land under Deeds of bai-bil-wuffa, or other Deeds of the same nature.


The whole, except such parts as relate to

interest.


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2[Reg.
XVII of

1806


A Regulation for extending to the State of Benares the Rates of Interest   Sections 7 and 8.
on future Loans and Provisions relative thereto, contained in Regulation
XV, 1793; also for a general extension of the period fixed by Regulations
I, 1798, and XXXIV, 1803, for the redemption of Mortgages and
Conditional Sales of Land, under Deeds of bai-bil-wuffa Kutcubaleb, or
other similar designation.


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Reg. XI of A Regulation for declaring the Rules to be observed in determining The whole.
1825 Claims to Lands gained by alluvion or by dereliction of a river or the

sea.


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Rules for the conservancy of Forests and Jungles in the Hill Districts of  The whole.
the Punjab Territories, sanctioned by the Governor General in Council
in letter of the Secretary to the Government of India, No. 1789, 21st May
1855.

1. As so much of Act 4 of 1872 as related to Bengal Regulations 5 of 1817 and 20 of 1825 and Acts 40 of 1858 and 17 of 1861

was rep. by Acts 6 of 1878, 10 of 1882, 8 of 1890 and 12 of 1891, respectively, the references to those Regulations and Acts in
this Schedule are omitted.

2. See the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882), ss. 1, 2 and Schedule.
3. So much of the First Schedule as relates to Bengal State Offences Regulation, 1804 (10 of 1804), was rep. by Act 4 of 1922.
4. Entry relating to Bengal Regulation 3 of 1818 was omitted by Act 42 of 1953 s. 4 and Schedule III.

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[SCHEDULE II](https://www.scconline.com/Members/BrowseResult.aspx#BC013)


**Enactments Repealed.—[Rep. by the Second Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (17 of 1914).]**


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