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THE SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURT (EXTENSION OF 
JURISDICTION TO CERTAIN TRIBAL AREAS) ACT, 1973 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2.  Extension of Jurisdiction of Supreme Court  
3.  Extension of Jurisdiction of High Court 
4.  [Omitted]  
  
 
 

 
 
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THE SUPREME COURT AND HIGH COURT (EXTENSION OF 
JURISDICTION TO CERTAIN TRIBAL AREAS) ACT, 1973 
ACT No. XXVII OF 1973 
[9th February, 1973] 
An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High Court to certain Tribal 
Areas 
WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High 
Court to certain Tribal Areas; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:— 
1. Short title a nd commencement.—(1) This A ct may be called the  Supreme Cou rt and 
High Court (Extension of Jurisdiction to certain Tribal Areas) Act, 1973. 
(2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Extension of J urisdiction of Supreme Co urt.—The Supreme Cou rt of Pakistan sh all 
have, in relation to the Provincially Admini stered Tribal Areas of Chitral, Dir, Kalam, Swat and 
Malakand Protected Area, the same Jurisdiction as it has in relation to the oth er areas of the North-
West Frontier Province. 
3. Extension of Jurisdiction of High Court.—The Peshawar High Court shall have, in 
relation to the Tribal Areas specified in section 2, the same Jurisdiction as it has in relation to 
the other areas of the North-West Frontier Province. 
4. 1 [Omitted]  
 
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1 Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. II.