Extension of the Punjab Abadi Deh Record of Rights Act, 2021
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 2172] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2026/VAISAKHA 16, 1948
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th May, 2026
S.O. 2263(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 87 of the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 (31 of
1966), the Central Government hereby extends the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Act, 2021 (Punjab Act No. 8 of2021), as in force in the State of Punjab, to the Union territory of Chandigarh from the date of this notification published in
the Official Gazette, subject to the following modifications, namely: –
(1) This Act may be called the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Act, 2021 (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 2026.
(2) In the Punjab Abadi Deh (Record of Rights) Act, 2021 so extended to the Union Territory of Chandigarh
(hereinafter referred to as the said Act), save as otherwise expressly provided hereunder: –
(i) for the words “State”, “Punjab”, “State of Punjab”, “whole of the State of Punjab” wherever they
occur, the words “Union Territory of Chandigarh” shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words “State Government”, “Government”, “Government of Punjab” wherever they
occur, the words “Administrator” shall be substituted;
(iii) for the words “Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act No. 42 of 1976) or the
Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Punjab Act No. 3 of 1911)”, wherever they occur, the words
“Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act No. 45 of 1994)”
shall be substituted;
(iv) for the words “village Committee” wherever they occur, the words “Local Committee” shall be
substituted;
(3) In the said Act,౼
(i) in section 1, after sub-section (3), proviso shall be omitted;
(ii) in section 2,౼
(a) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:౼
“(aa) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh appointed
by the President under article 239 of the Constitution”;
(b) in clause (b), for the words and figures “January, 2021”, the words and figures “April, 2025” shall
be substituted;
(c) in clause (f), the words “or State” shall be omitted;
(d) in clause (h), for the words “Government of Punjab in the Department of Revenue, Rehabilitation
and Disaster Management”, the words “Administrator” shall be substituted;
(e) in clause (k), after the bracket, words and figures “(Punjab Act No. 9 of 1994)”, the words “as
extended to Union Territory of Chandigarh” shall be inserted;
(f) in clause (m), the words “or State” shall be omitted;
(g) in clause (o), after the bracket, words and figures “(Punjab Act No. XVII of 1887)”, the words
“as extended to Union Territory of Chandigarh by the Punjab Reorganisation (Chandigarh)
(Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subjects) Order 1968” be inserted
(iii) in section 3, in sub-section (2), in clause(iv), for the words and figures “123 and 124 of the Indian
Evidence Act, 1872″, the words and figures “129 and 130 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam,
2023” shall be substituted;
(iv) in section 5, for the words “in a district, sub-division of a district, municipal area or a village”,
the words “municipal limits of Chandigarh” shall be substituted;
(v) in section 9, in sub-section (2), in clause (ii), the words “the panchayat and” shall be omitted;
(vi) in section 10, the words “Panchayat through the Sarpanch of the village or” and “as the case may
be” shall be omitted;
(vii) in section 12, in sub-section (3), after the words “under sub-section (2)”, the words “or under
section 28” shall be inserted;
(viii) section 18 shall be omitted;
(ix) section 19 shall be omitted;
(x) in section 20, in sub-section (5), the word “Punjabi” wherever occurs, shall be omitted;
(xi) in section 25, in sub-section (2), for the words “State Legislature”, the words “each House of
Parliament” shall be substituted;
(xii) in section 28,౼
(a) in sub-section (1), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-section (2), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be substituted;
(c) in sub-section (3),౼
(i) for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words and figures “434 of Indian Penal Code, 1860″ (Central Act No. 45 of 1860)”,
the words and figures “326(e) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023” shall be substituted;
(xiii) in section 29, in sub-section (2), in clause (f), for the word “fine”, the word “penalty” shall be
substituted.
[F. No. U-11015/4/2025-UTL]
PRAVEEN KUMAR RAI, Jt. Secy.
PART I
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB
NOTIFICATION
The 1st April, 2021
No. 8-Leg./2021.- The following Act of the Legislature of the
State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on
the 26th day of March, 2021, is hereby published for general
information:-
THE PUNJAB ABAD DEH (RECORD OF RIGHTS) ACT, 2021
(Punjab Act No. 8 of 2021)
AN
ACT
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