The State Government of Punjab on 3rd January 2022 has published the Punjab Right to Business (Amendment) Act, 2021 to further amend the Punjab Right to Business Act, 2020.
Through this amendment a new definition to the term Eligible Enterprise and Existing Enterprise has been instered as follows:
“Eligible Enterprise” means new Enterprise or Existing Enterprise undertaking expansion provided the Enterprise going for expansion does not have any violations under the relevant Acts; “; and
“Existing Enterprise” means an Enterprise that has commenced commercial production or operations at the time of submitting the Declaration of Intent;”
Further, Section 7 which deals with Filing of declaration of intent has been substituted as follows:
The Eligible Enterprise willing to avail the Certificate of in Principle Approval, shall furnish to the District Nodal Agency a Declaration of Intent in the format and in the manner as may be prescribed.
As per section 6, In the case of complaints of serious nature, only the Head of the concerned authority alone may order inspection after recording reasons in writing for such an inspection.
The Inspecting Officer or the team of inspecting officers not below the rank of Joint Director shall be nominated by the Head of the concerned authority.
The inspection report shall be made available online to the enterprise and the concerned department within forty-eight working hours after the inspection.
