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    "id": 27001,
    "slug": "the-east-punjab-urban-rent-restriction-amendment-act-2001",
    "title": "The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001",
    "short_title": "The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. G.S.R. 740(E), dat",
    "act_year": 2001,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Chandigarh",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Preamble / Statement of Objects",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The Annexure The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Punjab Act No. 9 of 2001) An Act further to amend the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:- 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001.\n\nThe East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Punjab Act No. 9 of 2001) An Act further to amend the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:-",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 0
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title and commencement.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 1
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Amendment of section 2 of Punjab Act 3 of 1949.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for or on taking up employment outside India; or\n(b) for carrying on a business or vocation outside India; or\n(c) for any other purpose, in such circumstances, as would indicate his intention to stay outside India for a uncertain period;\"",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "13-A",
            "title": "3. Insertion of new section after section 13-A in Punjab Act 3 of 1949",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "\"13-B. Right to recover immediate possession of residential building or scheduled building and/or non residential building accrue to Non-resident Indian.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "18-A",
            "title": "4. Amendment of section 18-A of Punjab Act 3 of 1949.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) In the heading, for the word, figure and letter \"section 13-A\" the words, figures and letters \"section 13-A or section 13-B\" shall be substituted;\n(ii) for the word, figure and letter \"section 13-A\", wherever occurring, the words, figures and letters \"section 13-A or section 13-B\" shall be substituted;\n(iii) In sub-section (4)-\n(a) for the words \"residential building or scheduled building\", the words and sign \"residential building or scheduled building and/or non-residential building\" shall be substituted; and\n(b) after the words \"or the widowed daughter-in-law of such specified landlord\", the words \"or the owner, who is a non-resident Indian\" shall be inserted;\n(iv) in sub-section (5)-\n(a) after the words \"or widowed daughter-in-law of such specified landlord\", the words \"or the owner, who is a non-resident Indian\" shall be inserted; and\n(b) for the words \"residential building or scheduled building\" the words and sign \"residential building or scheduled building and/or non-residential building\", shall be substituted; and\n(c) in sub-section (8), for the words \"residential building or scheduled building\", the words and sign \"residential building or scheduled building and/or non-residential building, as the case may be\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "5. Amendment of section 19 of Punjab Act 3 of 1949.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Amendment of schedule II of Punjab Act 3 of 1949.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) for the word, figure and letter \"section 13-A\", wherever occurring, the words, figures and letters \"section 13-A or section 13-B\" shall be substituted; and\n(b) for the words \"residential building or scheduled building\", wherever occurring, the words and sign \"residential building or scheduled building and/or non-residential building\" shall be substituted.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Repeal and saving.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "chd013",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. G.S.R. 740(E), dated 9th October, 2009",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2001",
        "Short Title": "The East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment) Act, 2001",
        "Type": "UNION_TERRITORY",
        "Location": "Chandigarh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:22"
}