State Act

The East Punjab War Awards Act 1948

2 In this Act, unless there be anything repugnant in the subject or context – 3[(a) "eligible person" means— (i) a citizen of India ordinarily residing in the State of Punjab who is the father, or, where the father is dead, the mother, of 4[three or more children] who are serving or have served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 26th October, 1962, but does not include a person who has for such reason already received a land grant or other award from Government; or 5[ia) a citizen of India ordinarily residing in the State of Punjab who is the father, or, where the father is dead, the mother, of the 6[only son or only child who is serving or who has served] in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 26th October, 1962, but does not include a person who has for such reason already received a land grant or other award from Government ; or] 1[ib) a citizen of India ordinarily residing in the State of Punjab who is the father or where the father is dead, the mother, of only two children both of whom are serving or have served in the armed forces of the Union during the emergency declared by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India on the 26th October, 1962, but does not include a person who has for such reason already received a land grant or other award from Government; or] (ii) a person who is now a citizen of India and who,-- (a) immediately before the fifteenth day of August, 1947, ordinarily resided in the undivided Punjab, or (b) immediately before the 20th August 1948, ordinarily resided in the territories this on that date formed the State of Patiala and East Punjab States Unions, and who is the father, or where the father is dead, the mother of three or more 2[children] who having been at any time enrolled or commissioned in forces then referred to as His Majesty's Naval, Military or Air Forces or in the forces maintained by any of the Indian States comprised in the aforesaid territories and who were liable to serve wherever required and have actually served in any of the said forces during the Second World War, but does not include any person who has for such reason already received a land grant or other award from the Government of the undivided Punjab or the Government of the territories formed as aforesaid or of any Indian State comprised in such territories or the Punjab Government. (b) "Government" means the State Government of Punjab; (c) "War Jagir" means a Jagir granted under this Act; (d) expressions used but not defined in this Act have the same meanings as in the Punjab Jagirs Act, 1941.