PUNJAB COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022
ACT XXIII OF 2022
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An Act further to amend the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2014
[Gazette of Punjab, Extraordinary, 24th October, 2022]
No. PAP/Legis-2(62)/2020/46.–The Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (Amendment) Bill 2020, originally passed by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on the 7th day of September 2022, was sent to the Governor of the Punjab for assent. The Governor returned the Bill for reconsideration by the Assembly. The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, after reconsideration, again passed the Bill on the 21st day of September 2022. The Bill was again sent to the Governor and assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on October 21, 2022, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
It is necessary further to amend the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act 2014 (I of 2014) for the purpose hereinafter appearing.
Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:
1. Short title and commencement.–(1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (Amendment) Act, 2022.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 4 of Act I of 2014.–In the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Act 2014 (I of 2014), in Section 4, sub-section (3) shall be omitted