Section 147(a) in The Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976
(a)the appeal is, in the case of tax on lands and buildings, brought within thirty days next after the date of authentication of the assessment list under Section 101 (exclusive of the time requisite for obtaining a copy of the relevant entries therein), or, as the case may be, within thirty days of the date on which an amendment is finally made under Section 103, and in the case of any other tax, within thirty days next after the date of the receipt of the notice of assessment or of alteration of assessment or, if no notice has been given, within thirty days after the date of service of the first notice of demand in respect thereof :