PUNJAB KITE FLYING RULES, 2007

THE PUNJAB KITE FLYING RULES, 2007

 [ SOR  (LG)38-10/2006]

[6 th February,  2007]

1.               Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be cited as the Punjab Kite Flying Rules, 2007.

(2)            The rules shall come into force at once.

2.               Definitions.— (1) In these rules:

(a)             “certified or certify” means certified or certify under these rules;

(b)            “charkhi” means a spool of any type used for winding the dor around it;

(c)             “District Government” includes a City District Government;

(d)            “dor” means the thread, string, wire, cord etc of any type used for flying kites;

(e)             “Form” means a Form appended to these rules;

(f)             “Government” means the Government of the Punjab;

(g)            “kite” includes patang and gudda;

(h)            “kite flying association” means a District Kite Flying Association established under these rules;

(i)              “kite flying material” includes dor, kites, maanjha and pinna;

(j)              “vigilance committee” means a vigilance committee constituted under these rules;

(k)            “maanjha” means the mixture of glue, simple colour, atta (flour), and the powered glass of the weakest type, coated on thread for the purpose of kite flying;

(l)              “Ordinance” means the Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance 2001 ( LIX of 2001);

(m)          “permissible period” means the period during which flying of kites, manufacturing, storage, trade or sale of kites and kite flying material is allowed under the Ordinance;

(n)            “pinna” means dor wounded in a rounded ball shape; and (o) “schedule” means the schedule appended to these rules.

(2)            Words and expressions used in these rules, shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them in the Ordinance or the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001 ( XIII of  2001).

3.               Permissible kites and kite flying material.— (1) A person, manufacturer, trader or seller of kites and kite flying materials shall not manufacturer, store, trade, sell or use of kite or kite flying material during the permissible period unless the kite or the kite flying material conforms to the following specifications:

(a)            a patang not exceeding four and half githi or thirty two inches in width;

(b)            a gudda not exceeding two and half tawa or forty inches in width;

(c)            dor made of cotton with not more than nine tars (threads), and not less than twenty eight counts, coated with certified maanjha and wounded in the shape of a pinna; and

(d)            certified maanjha.

(2)            No person shall manufacture, trade, sell or use during the permissible period a charkhi, sharp maanjha, a dor coated with sharp maanjha or a kite or dor not permissible under sub-rule (1).

4.               Registration of manufacturers, traders and sellers.— (1) Every manufacturer, trader or seller of kites or kite flying material shall apply for registration to the District Coordination Officer of the District Government concerned or an officer duly authorized by him in this behalf, by submitting an application in Form-A.

(2)            The applicant shall enclose the following documents with his application for registration:

(a)            copy of the National Identity Card of the applicant; and

(b)            no objection certificate issued by the kite flying association.

(3)            The District Government shall acknowledge in writing the receipt of the application and shall decide the application for registration within a week of its receipt, failing which, if the application is in accordance with these rules, it shall be deemed to have been approved.

(4)            The District Government shall issue a certificate of registration to the applicant in Form-B if the application is in accordance with the Ordinance and these rules.

(5)            A registered manufacturer, trader or seller of kites or kite flying material shall display a copy of the registration certificate at the entrance of his business premises.

5.               Permission for Kite flying.— (1) Every owner or occupier of a place shall obtain prior permission of the Union Nazim of the area to fly kites from the place by submitting an application in Form-C.

(2)            The Union Nazim may grant the permission in Form-D if he is satisfied that the application has been made in accordance with these rules and signed by the applicant. A copy of the permission shall also be endorsed to the SHO of the area.

(3)            The owner or occupier of the place shall display a copy of the permission at the main entrance of the place.

6.               Vigilance committee.— (1) A Union Nazim may constitute a vigilance committee comprising one or more members of the Union Council and other persons of the locality to monitor the compliance of the Ordinance and these rules and to communicate any violation to the concerned authorities.

7.               Kite flying association.— (1) A District Government may, in order to establish a kite flying association, invite applications through public notice from:

(a)            persons who are in the business of manufacture, trade, storage, or sale of Kites or dor within the area of the district; and

(b)            residents of the district who are interested in the flying of kites.

(2)            The District Government, through the same public notice, shall issue the election schedule for election of the management committee of the kite flying association.

(3)            The management committee shall consist of a president, a general secretary, a secretary vigilance and a ten-member executive committee.

(4)            The District Government shall notify the management committee after the election.

(5)            A member seconded by another member may contest election for any of the seats of the management committee of the kite flying association, however, no member shall be a candidate for more than one seat of the management committee.

(6)            Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, a person may apply to the association for becoming a member at any later time, and if he fulfills the aforementioned requirements of membership the association shall grant membership to the applicant.

(7)            The District Government may, by notification, prescribed a membership fee which shall not exceed one hundred rupees. Record of membership of the association shall be kept in the manner as may be directed by the District Government.

(8)            The District Government shall conduct elections of the management committee of the association, before the start of a subsequent calendar year.

(9)            The District Government shall be responsible for supplying copies of the membership form in Form-E to the kite flying association.

(10)        The kite flying association shall perform the following function:

(a)            inspect the business premises of registered manufacturers, traders or sellers of kite or dor or any other kite flying material to ensure compliance of the specifications prescribed in the Ordinance and the rules;

(b)            certify that a manufacture, trader or seller meets the prescribed criteria laid down by the Ordinance or these rules, and is eligible for registration;

(c)            maintain the record of persons engaged in the business of kites or kite flying material and provide the information to the District Government;

(d)            certify, in case of any dispute regarding specification, that the kites, dor or any other kite flying material is as per the prescribed specification;

(e)            assist the District Government in recovery and collection of prohibited material from market and kite flyers;

(f)              assist the District Government in making arrangements for the Basant

Festival and kite flying during the permissible period;

(g)            assist the District Government in giving effect to the provisions of the Ordinance and these rules; 

(h)            organize awareness campaigns, to promote safe kite flying; and

(i)              report to the Government, District Government, the Station House Officer concerned about manufacture or sale of kites or    kite flying material by unregistered manufacturers or traders or any other instance of the violation of the Ordinance or  these rules.

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT

SCHEDULE

FORM - A

APPLICATION TO THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT FOR REGISTRATION AS A MANUFACTURER, TRADER OR SELLER OF KITES OR KITE FLYING MATERIAL.

FORM - B

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE TO BE ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.

FORM - C

APPLICATION BY THE OWNER OR OCCUPIER OF A PLACE FOR THE GRANT OF CERTIFICATE OF PERMISSION FOR KITE FLYING.

FORM - D

CERTIFICATE OF PERMISSION FOR KITE FLYING.

FORM - E

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF KITE FLYING ASSOCIATION.