Wednesday, 23 September 2015

PREVENTION OF DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY ACT, 2013

PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH NOTIFICATION
KARACHI, THE 5TH MARCH, 2014

NO.PAS/Legis-B-07/2013-The Prevention of Defacement of Property Bill, 2013 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Sindh on 3rFebruary, 2014 and assented to by the Governor of Sindh on 25tFebruary, 2014 is hereby published as an Act of the Legislature of Sindh.
THE PREVENTION OF DEFACEMENT OF PROPERTY ACT, 2013

SINDH ACT NO. III OF 2014

AN ACT

to   provide   for   prevention   of   defacement   of   propert and prohibition of expression of matters on walls in the Province of Sindh.



Preamble.  WHEREAS   it   is   expedient   to   provide   for   prevention   of defacement of property and prohibition of expression of matters on walls in the Province of Sindh.



It is hereby enacted as follows:-


1.Short title, extent and commencement.(1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Defacement of Property
Act, 2013.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the Province of Sindh. (3) It shall come into force at once.



2. Definitions.    In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -
(a)  “Affixing Material” means any poster, bill, notice, placard, or   an other   material   on   property  without  th prior permission of the owner;

(b) “Defacement” or “Deface” means without the permission of the owner, impairing or interfering with the appearance or the beauty of Property or damaging, disfiguring, spoiling, or injuring and in any other manner, defacing the Property as follows:-
(i)         Writing on the property;
(ii)        Affixing Material on the Property; or
(iii)       including    any    act    which    results    in    the
Defacement of Property;

(c)  “Government” means the Government of Sindh;

(d) “Propertymeans any structure, building, fence, post, pole, erection, surface;

(e)  “Writing” means writing, painting, expressing or describing any  matter  with  chalk,  paint  or  any  other  medium  or material on any property.

3.Prohibition on defacement of property.(1) No person shall Deface any Property, in any manner whatsoever with an intention to attract public attention.

(2) Any person found in contravention of any provisions of this Act, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both and if an offence is a continuing one with a further fine which may extend to one thousand rupees for every day after the date of the first commission during which period the offender has persisted an offence.

Exception.- It shall not be an offence under this section, if the owner or possessor of the Property expresses any particulars relating to himself or his business thereon.


4.Anti-Property Defacement Task Force.(1) Within a period of fifteen days of the promulgation of this Act, Government shall constitute an Anti-Property Defacement Task Force which shall assess the scope and nature of the Defacement and suggest ways  to  augment  enforcement capability,  survey  the  efforts  of  other jurisdiction to combat Defacement and consider the replication of such programmes, and propose a comprehensive anti-Defacement programme.

(2) The Anti-Property Defacement Task Force shall comprise of six members including the Chairperson.

(3) The Chairperson and members shall be experienced persons of eminence and  shall be  appointed by  Government from the  following sectors:-



(a)  Law
(b) Civil  society  organization  engaged  in  civic  or  cultural projects
(c)  Education
(d) Electronic or Print Media
(e)  Business Community
(f)  Engineering or Architecture


5.Removal of existing defacement on property.   Within a period of thirty days from the commencement of this Act, every  Council shall  cause  to  be  removed all  existing Defacement of Property within its jurisdiction which is prohibited by this Act and the cost of such removal shall be recovered from the persons responsible for such matters.






6.Power to make rules.      Government may make rules for carrying out the purposes of this
Act.



BY ORDER OF THE SPEAKER PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH



G.M.UMAR FAROOQ SECRETARY
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF SINDH









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