#THE EAST PUNJAB URBAN RENT RESTRICTION ACT (EXTENSION TO CHANDIGARH) ACT, 1974 
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##ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 
1. Short title. 
2. Definition. 
3. Extension of East Punjab Act III of 1949 to Chandigarh. 
4. Validation and saving. 
THE SCHEDULE. 



#THE EAST PUNJAB URBAN RENT RESTRICTION ACT (EXTENSION TO CHANDIGARH) ACT, 1974 

##ACT NO. 54 OF 1974 

[20th December, 1974.] 

An Act  to  extend  the  East  Punjab  Urban  Rent  Restriction  Act,  1949,  to  the  Union  territory  of 
  Chandigarh. 

  BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. **Short title.**—This Act may be called the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act (Extension to 
Chandigarh) Act, 1974. 

2. **Definition.**—In this Act, “the Act” means the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (East 
Punjab Act III of 1949) as it extended to, and was in force in, certain areas in the pre-reorganisation State 
of  Punjab  (being  areas  which  were  administered  by  municipal  committees,  cantonment  boards,  town 
committees  or  notified  area  committees  or  areas  notified  as  urban  areas  for  the  purposes  of  that  Act) 
immediately before the 1st day of November, 1966. 

3. **Extension of East Punjab Act III of 1949 to Chandigarh.**—Notwithstanding anything contained 
in  any  judgment,  decree  or  order  of  any  court,  the  Act  shall,  subject  to  the  modifications  specified 
in  the  Schedule,  be  in  force  in,  and  be  deemed  to  have  been  in  force  with  effect  from  the  4th  day  of 
November, 1972 in, the Union territory of Chandigarh as if the provisions of the Act as so modified had 
been included in and formed  part  of  this  section  and  as if  this  section  had  been  in  force  at  all  material 
times. 

4. **Validation and saving.**—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order 
of  any  court,  anything  done  or  any  action  taken  (including  any  notification  or  direction  issued  or  rents 
fixed or permission granted or order made) or purported to have been done or taken under the Act shall be 
deemed to be as valid and effective as if the provisions of this Act had been in force at all material times 
when such thing was done or such action was taken. 

(2) Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  render  any  person  guilty  of  any  offence  for  any  contravention  of  the 
provisions of the Act which occurred before the commencement of this Act. 



##THE SCHEDULE 

*(See* section 3) 

###MODIFICATIONS IN THE ACT 

1. Throughout the Act, for “State Government”, substitute “Central Government”. 

2. Section 1, for sub-sections (2) and (3), substitute— 

  “(2) It extends to all the urban areas in the Union territory of Chandigarh.”. 

3. Section 2,— 

  (i) after clause (d), insert— 

     '(dd) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;';

  (ii) for clause (j), substitute— 

     '(j) “urban area” means the area comprised in Chandigarh as defined in clause (d) of section 2 
of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 (Punjab Act XXVII of 1952) 
and  includes  such  other  area  comprised  in  the  Union  territory  of  Chandigarh  as  the  Central 
Government may, having regard to the density of the population and the nature and extent of the 
accommodation  available  therein  and  other  relevant factors,  declare  by  notification  to  be  urban 
for the purposes of this Act.'. 

4. For section 20, substitute— 

   “**20. Power to make rules.**—(1) The Central Government may, by notification, make rules for 
the purpose of carrying out all or any of the provisions of this Act. 

  (2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before 
each  House  of  Parliament,  while  it  is  in  session,  for  a  total  period  of  thirty  days  which  may  be 
comprised  in  one  session  or  in  two  or  more  successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the 
session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in 
making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule 
shall  thereafter  have  effect  only  in  such  modified  form  or  be  of  no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so, 
however,  that  any  such  modification  or  annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of 
anything previously done under that rule.”.