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THE COTTON CLOTH AND YARN (CONTRACTS) ORDINANCE, 
1944 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement 
2.  Sales in pursuance of contracts 
 
  
 
 

 
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THE COTTON CLOTH AND YARN (CONTRACTS) ORDINANCE, 1944. 
 
ORDINANCE No. II OF 1944 
[13th January, 1944]  
 
An Ordinance to regulate the prices which may be charged in sales of cotton cloth and yarn under 
contracts. 
 
 WHEREAS an emergency has arisen which makes it necessary to regulate the prices which 
may be charged in sales of cotton cloth and yarn under contracts; 
 
 Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 72 of the Government of 
India Act, as set out in the Ninth Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935  (26 Geo 5,c.2), the 
Governor-General is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:__   
 
 1. Short title , extent and commencement .__(1) This Ordinance may be called the Cotton 
Cloth and Yarn (Contracts) Ordinance, 1944. 
 
  1[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.] 
 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
 
 2. Sales in pursuance of contracts .__(1) Where after the making of any contract for the sale 
of cotton cloth or cotton yarn by one wholesale dealer to another or by a wholesale dealer to a retail 
dealer the maximum prices ex-factory and retail at whic h such cloth or yarn may be sold have been 
fixed by an order ma de under the Cotton Cloth and Yarn (Control) Order, 1943, then, 
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such contract, when any delivery takes place in 
pursuance of that contract on or afte r the date of the said order, the maximum price which may be 
charged for such cloth or ya rn shall not in any case exceed the maximum retail price fixed by the 
said order, nor shall if in the case of a first or any subsequent sale after delivery from the 
manufacturer exceed by more than a percentage to be fixed in this behalf by the Textile Commis -
sioner the price paid on the occasion of the last preceding transfer, or, if the said order has fixed a 
maximum price in respect of such sale, that maximum price; and where, in pursuance of any such 
contract, the buyer has paid a price exceeding that laid down in this section, whether voluntarily or in 
execution of a decree  passed by a Court or otherwise,  he shall be entitled to receive from the seller 
any sum so paid in excess. 
 
 (2) The provisions of this section apply to contracts made whether before or after the 
commencement of this Ordinance, and to sales made in pursuance of any such contract on or after 
the 15th day of August, 1943. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: 01-07-2024 
 
1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance No. XXI of 1960, s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955).