Download, Punjab Civil Administration Ordinance 2016 (XX OF 2016). Dated 31 December, 2016.
THE PUNJAB CIVIL ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE 2016 — It extends to whole of the Punjab. It shall come into force on and from the day the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 (XIII of 2001) is repealed. Office means such office of the Government in the Tehsil, District or, as the case may be, the Division as the Government may, by notification, specify for purposes of the Ordinance but does not include any office of the local government established by or under the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII of 2013) or of the Police constituted by or under the Police Order, 2002 (22 of 2002). Public facility means such office or public facility or work relating to such office of the Government in the Tehsil, District or, as the case may be, the Division as the Government may, by notification, specify but does not include any office or public facility or work relating to the local government established by or under the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII of 2013) or of the Police constituted by or under the Police Order, 2002 (22 of 2002).
1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Punjab Civil Administration Ordinance 2016.
(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab.
(3) It shall come into force on and from the day the Punjab Local
Government Ordinance, 2001 (XIII of 2001) is repealed.
2. Definitions.– In the Ordinance, unless the subject or the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Additional Commissioner” means an officer appointed as Additional Commissioner under the Ordinance;
(b) “Additional Deputy Commissioner” means an officer appointed asAdditional Deputy Commissioner under the Ordinance;
(c) “Assistant Commissioner” means an officer appointed as Assistant Commissioner under the Ordinance;
(d) “Commissioner” means an officer appointed as Commissioner under the Ordinance;
(e) “Division”, “District” and “Tehsil” respectively mean the Division, the District and the Tehsil constituted under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967);
1 This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 30 December 2016; and, was published in the Punjab
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 31 December 2016, pp. 3517-3524.
(f) “employee” means a person performing duties in an office;
(g) “Government” means Government of the Punjab;
(h) “head of District Police” means the head of the district police appointed under the Police Order, 2002 (22 of 2002);
(i) “head of the local government” means the Mayor or a Chairman of a local government under the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII
of 2013);
(j) “head of office” means the head of an office in the Tehsil, District or, as the case may be, the Division;
(k) “local government” means a local government constituted under the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII of 2013);
(l) “officer-in-charge” means the officer incharge of, and responsible for, maintaining a public facility;
(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under the Ordinance;
(n) “office” means such office of the Government in the Tehsil, District or, as the case may be, the Division as the Government may, by notification, specify for purposes of the Ordinance but does not include any office of the local government established by or under the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII of 2013) or of the Police constituted by or under the Police Order, 2002 (22 of 2002);
(o) “public facility” means such office or public facility or work relating to such office of the Government in the Tehsil, District or, as the case may be, the Division as the Government may, by notification, specify but does not include any office or public facility or work relating to the local government established by or under the Punjab Local Government Act 2013 (XVIII of 2013) or of the Police constituted by or under the Police Order, 2002 (22 of 2002);
(p) “rules” means the rules framed under the Ordinance; and
(q) “Service” means Pakistan Administrative Service or Provincial
Management Service Punjab.