Quaid-e-Azam's Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) Ordinance, 1971

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THE QUAID-I-AZAM’S MAZAR (PROTECTION AND 
MAINTENANCE) ORDINANCE, 1971 
 
              
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and commencement 
2.  Definitions 
3.  Declaration of Mazar as historical monument 
4.  Mazar to vest in Federal Government 
5.  Maintenance of Mazar 
6.  Meetings, etc. prohibited 
7.  Entry into Mazar with weapon, etc. 
8.  Sanctity of Mazar 
9.  Causing damage to Mazar 
10. Penalty, etc. 
The Schedule 
 
 
 
 

 
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1THE QUAID-I-AZAM’S MAZAR (PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE) 
ORDINANCE, 1971 
 
ORDINANCE NO. XXVII of 1971 
 
          [14th October, 1971] 
 
An Ordinance to provide for the protection and maintenance of the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar. 
 
 WHEREAS it is expedient to p rovide for the protection and maintenance of  the Qu aid- i-
Azam’s Mazar and for the prevention of acts derogatory to the sanctity thereof; 
 
 NOW, THEREFORE in pursuance of the Proclamation of the 25th day of March, 1969, read 
with the Provisional Constitution Order, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, 
the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:— 
 
 
 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Ordinance may be called the Quaid-i- Azam’s 
Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) Ordinance, 1971. 
 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
 
  2[2. Definitions.— In this  Ordinance, u nless there is anything repugnant in the subj ect or 
context,—  
 
(a)     “Peripheral   Area”   means   the   land   admeasuring   seventy-one   acres   
or thereabout sitrated outside the grilled boundary wall referred to in clause 
(b), as described in the plan set out in the Schedule; and 
 
(b)     “Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar” means the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar at Karachi and the 
plots of land and structures appurtenant thereto admeasuring sixty-one acres or 
thereabout surrounded by a grilled boundary wall].   
 3. Declaration of Mazar as historical monument. It is hereby declared that the 
Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar is an historical monument of national importance.   
 4. Mazar to vest in Federal Government. Notwithstanding anything contained in any 
other law for the time being in force or in any trust deed or other instrument, the Quaid-i- Azam’s 
Mazar 3[and the Peripheral Area] shall vest in the 4[Federal Government].   
 5. Maintenance of Mazar.—(1) The Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar 3[and the Peripheral Area] 
shall, on and from such date as the 4[Federal Government] may, by noti fication in the o fficial 
Gazette, specify in this behalf, be maintained 3[, and the affair relating thereto shall be  managed,]   
by  such  person,  or  body  or  authority  as  may  be   sp ecified  in  the noti fication, in 
accordance with such general or special instructions as the 4[Federal Government] may issue from 
time to time. 
 
 (2) All expenditure on the maintenance of the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar shall be met from 
out of the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar Fund which shall consist of— 
 
(a)  the balance in the Quaid-i-Azam’s Memorial Fund in existence immediately 
 before the commencement of this  Ordinance whi ch shall upon such 
 commencement be transferred to that Fund; 
(b)     such donations or grants as the 4[Federal Government] may make to it from 
 time to time; 
 
1Validated by the Validation of Laws Act, I975 (63 of 1975), s. 2 and Sch., . 
2Subs, by the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (46 of 1976), s. 2 for section 2. 
3Ins.ibid., ss. 3 and 4. 
 
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4Sub by F.A.O., 1975 (P.O.No 4 of 1975), Art. 2and Table, for “Central Government”. 
 (c) such contributions or donations as may be made to it by any person; 
 
(d)       any income derived from any property belonging to, or forming part of, the 
 Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar or from any investment of moneys in the Fund 1[; and] 
 
 2[(e)    any income, profit of gain realised, accrued or derived from the Peripheral 
 Area and any property thereon vesting in the Federal Government.] 
 
 6. Meetings, etc. prohibited. No person shall organise, convene or take part in any meeting 
or demonstration or procession or engage in political activity of any kind within the Quaid-i-Azam’s 
Mazar or within a distance of ten feet from the outer boundary thereof. 
 
 7. Entry into Mazar wi th weapon, etc. No person shall enter the Qu aid-i-Azam’s Mazar 
with any weapon, instrument or other article which can be used as a weapon of offence or for 
causing injury or damage to any person or property. 
 
 8. Sanctity of Mazar. No person shall do any act or behave in any manner which is or 
tends to be derogatory to the sanctity and dignity of the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar. 
 
 9. Causing damage to Mazar. No person shall, except for carrying out any repair or 
improvement in the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar under property, authority, destroy, damage, alter, injure, 
deface or multilate the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar or any part thereof or scribble, write, or engrave any 
inscription or sign on any part of the Mazar. 
 
 10. Penalty, etc.―(1) Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall 
be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with 
both. 
 (2) An offence punishable under this Ordinance shall be tried in a summary way in 
accordance with the provisions contained in sections 262 to 265 of the Code of C riminal procedure, 
1898 (Act V of 1898). 
 
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1Subs. by the Quaid-i-Azam’s Mazar (Protection and Maintenance) (Amdt.) Act, 1976 (46 of 1976), s. 4, for full-stop. 
2New CI. (e) added ibid., 
 
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