The Punjab Village Common Lands Regulation Act 1961
Section 15. Power to make rules
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-
(a) the principles on which and extent to and the manner in which the inhabitants of the village shall make use of the lands vested or deemed to have been vested in the Panchayat ;
(b) the maximum and minimum area to be leased to any single person ;
(c) the prescribing of forms for such books, entries, statistics and accounts as may be considered necessary to be kept, made or compiled in any office or submitted to any authority ;
(d) determining the principles on which and the manner in which compenstation may be paid under sub-section (2) of section 3 ;
(e) the terms and conditions on which the use and occupation of any such land is permitted ;
(f) the manner and the circumstances in which any such land may be disposed of, transferred or sold ;
(g) the purpose for which any such land may given free of charge ;
(h) the regulation of procedure where a Panchayat 1 [sues or] is sued on its representative capacity ;
(i) the manner or the order of priority in which the excess area shall be utilized by the Collector under sub-section (1) of section 5 ;
(j) the officer by whom and the manner in which the area of Shamilat deh referred to in sub-section (1) of section 5 shall be demarcated ; and
(k) any other matter which can be or may be prescribed.
