Punjab Environmental Protection (Administrative Penalty) Rules 2013.

These Rules are enacted in accordance with the Section 31 of the Punjab Environment Protection Act, 1997 (XXXIV of 1997).
Where the Director General or the authorized officer is of the opinion that a person has contravened any provision of the Act, the Director General or the Authorized Officer may issue such person a notice to show cause as to why the person should not pay to the Provincial Agency an Administrative Penalty as per amount set out in the notice in accumulative form based on the calculation made for each day against which the contravention continues. A show cause notice for payment of administrative penalty shall not be issued by the Director-General or the Authorized Officer, under sub-rule (1) relating to a contravention in respect of which a complaint has already been filed in the Environmental Tribunal or before the Environmental Magistrate.