State Act

Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952

8A:Resumption and forfeiture for breach of conditions of transfer. – (1) If any transferee has failed to pay the consideration money or any instalment thereof on account of the sale of any site or building or.both, under section 3 or has committed a breach of any other conditions of such sale. the Estate Officer may. by notice in writing, call upon the transferee to show cause why an order of resumption of the site or building, or both, as the case may be, and forfeiture of the whole or any part of the money, if any, paid in respect thereof which in no case shall exceed ten per cent of the total amount of the consideration money, interest and other dues payable in respect of the sale of the site or building or both should not be made. (2)After considering the cause, if any, shown by the transferee in pursuance of a notice under sub-section (1) and any evidence he may produce in support of the same and after giving him a reasonable, opportunity of being heard in the matter, the Estate Officer may, for reasons to be recorded in writing make an order resuming the site or building or both, as the case may be, so sold and directing the forfeiture as provided in sub-section (1), of the whole or any part of the money paid in respect of such sale.