The Amritsar Municipal Corporation Building Bye-Laws, 1997 Published vide Punjab Gazette, (Extra.) , dated 25… — The Punjab-Municipal-Corporation-Law-Extension-to-Chandigarh-Act-1994

The Amritsar Municipal Corporation Building Bye-Laws, 1997 Published vide Punjab Gazette, (Extra.) , dated 25.9.1997 NO)TIFICATION The 2Sth September; 1997 No. 9/44/96-6LGH/10397. The enclosed Bye-Laws namely the Amritsar Mu- nicipal Corporation Building Bye-Laws 1997' made by the Municipal Corporation, Amritsar under sections 258,398 and 399 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act; 1976 and adopted by it; vide Resolution No. 632, dated 2lst April, 1997 having been confirmed by the Governor of Punjab as required under section 401 of the said Act and all other powers enabling him in this behalf are published for general information: 2. These Bye-Laws shall come into force with immediate effect. Chapter 1. Title and commencement: (1) These building bye-laws may be called the Municipal Corporation (Erection and Re-erection of Building) Bye-laws, 1997. (2) These shall come into force at once. (3) These building bye-laws shall apply to the entire area of Municipal Corpo- ration or to such other areas, as the State Government may extend by notification in the Official Gazette. Chapter I 2. Definitions. (i) Abut: A building is said to abut on a street when the outer face of any of its external walls is on the street; road boundary. (ii) Act: means the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act; 1976. (iii) Applicant: Applicant shall mean the person who gives a notice to the Com- missioner/Administrator/Competent Authority ofhis intention to erect Or re-erect building and shall include his legal representatives. (iv) Architect: Architect shall have same meaning assigned to it as in the Archi- tects Act; 1992. Architectural Control: means control ofhorizontal/vertical projections from the walls of the building and to restrict the height on any site exposed to the view from the streetlroad