PUNJAB KITE FLYING RULES, 2007

THE PUNJAB KITE FLYING RULES, 2007

[SOR (LG)38-10/2006]

[6th February, 2007]

THE PUNJAB KITE FLYING RULES, 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.