The Punjab Village Panchayats and Neighbourhood Council Acts, 2019
This Act may be called The Punjab Village Panchayats and Neighborhood Council Act, 2019. This Act was enacted to institutionalize and strengthen civic engagement for non-political action in the Punjab through constitution of village Panchayats and urban neighborhood councils. It extends to the whole of the Punjab other than the areas notified as cantonments under the Cantonments Act, 1924 or the Cantonments Ordinance, 2002. The Government of Punjab Constitute villages and neighborhoods for the purpose of this Act. Every village and neighborhood shall have a common assembly which shall act through the respective panchayat and neighborhood council. The functions of panchayat and neighborhood council are prescribed in Section 17 of this Act. Section 39 provides the sources of Funds of Panchayat and Neighborhood Councils. The chairpersons and members of the panchayats and neighborhood councils shall be elected through election. There shall be a local board which inquires allegations against members and chairperson and may suspend and dissolve punchayat or neighborhood council on the grounds mentioned in thirteenth schedule. The schedules provide powers and functions of punchayat and neighborhood council and duties and oath of chairperson and members of punchyat and neighborhood council.
