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  "text": "Page 1 of 4 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE WEST PAKISTAN INDUSTRIES (CONTROL ON \r\nESTABLISHMENT AND ENLARGEMENT) ORDINANCE, 1963 \r\n \r\n \r\n  \r\nCONTENTS \r\n \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings \r\n4. Check on unauthorized establishment or enlargement of industrial undertaking \r\n5. Power of obtaining information and of entry \r\n6. Delegation of powers \r\n7. Revision and appeal \r\n8. Penalty for contravention \r\n9. Cognizance of offence by court \r\n10. Indemnity \r\n11. Exemption \r\n12. Ordinance to over-ride other laws \r\n13. Power to make rules \r\n  \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 4 \r\n \r\nTHE WEST PAKISTAN INDUSTRIES (CONTROL ON \r\nESTABLISHMENT AND ENLARGEMENT) ORDINANCE, 1963 \r\nWEST PAKISTAN ORDINANCE No. IV of 1963 \r\n[26th January, 1963] \r\nAN  \r\nORDINANCE \r\nto provide for the organized and planned growth of industries in West Pakistan. \r\nPreamble.__ WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the organized and planned growth of \r\nindustries in West Pakistan, in the manner hereinafter appearing; \r\nAND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session, and the Governor \r\nof West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate legislation necessary; \r\nNOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) of Article 79 \r\nof the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the fol lowing \r\nOrdinance:__ \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .__ (1) This Ordinance may be called the West \r\nPakistan Industries (Control on Establishment and Enlargement) Ordinance, 1963. \r\n(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan, except the Tribal Areas. \r\n(3) This section and section 2 shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of the \r\nOrdinance shall come into force in such local area s and on such dates as the Government may, by \r\nnotification1 in the Official Gazette, specify. \r\n2. Definitions.__ In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following \r\nexpressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say__ \r\n(a) “Director” means the Director of Ind ustries West Pakistan , and includes any \r\nofficer appointed by Government to exercise all any of the powers and perform \r\nall or any of the functions and duties of the Director under this Ordinance; \r\n(b) “Government” means the Government of West Pakistan; \r\n(c) “industrial undertaking” means an undertaking pertaining to an industry \r\n(including any industry ancillary thereto) carried on or to be carried on, in any \r\nlocal area, at a place or premises, including precints thereof, wherein twenty or \r\nmore workers without the aid of power, or ten or more workers with the aid of \r\npower, were working on any day during the twelve months preceding the date \r\n \r\n1Issued by the Government of West Pakistan, Industries, Commerce and Mineral Resources Department  vide Notification No.  II-1-35-59, dated \r\nNovember 19, 1963, published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated November 19, 1963, \r\npp. 4449-4450, the remaining provisions of the Ordinance came into force w.e.f. November 19, 1963, in the whole of the Province of Wes t Pakistan \r\nexcept - (a) the Tribal Areas; (b) the divisions of Quetta, Kalat and Dera Ismail Khan; and (c) the districts of Lasbela, Sanghar, Tharparkar, Jacobabad, \r\nLarkana, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargarh, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jhang, Mianwali, Kohat and Hazara. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 4 \r\n \r\nof coming into operation of sections 3 to 12 in the local area conc erned or are \r\nworking and shall work for the manufacture or processing of goods or \r\ncommodities; \r\n(d) “local area” means any area to which the provisions of sections 3 to 12 have \r\nbeen applied in pursuance of sub-section (3) of section 1; \r\n(e) “rules” means rules made under this Ordinance. \r\n3. Restrictions on establishment of industrial undertakings .__ No person shall establish or \r\ncause to be established any industrial undertaking or enlarge or cause to be enlarged any existing \r\nindustrial undertaking except with the previous permission in writing of Government. \r\n4. Check on unauthorized establishment or enlargement of industrial undertaking .__ \r\nWhere the establishment of a new industrial undertaking or  enlargement of an existing industrial \r\nundertaking is likely to be commenced or has been commenced or has been completed in contravention \r\nof the provisions of this Ordinance, Government or the Director, after giving the person responsible \r\ntherefor an opportunity of being heard, may by order require him__ \r\n(i) to refrain from such establishment or enlargement; or \r\n(ii) to stop further construction and to remove the unauthorized undertaking or part \r\nthereof, \r\nand the person concerned shall comply with the order within such period as may be specified. \r\n5. Power of ob taining information and of entry .__ For the purpose of giving effect to the \r\nprovisions of this Ordinance, Government or the Director may__ \r\n(a) by order in writing require any person to furnish such information in his \r\npossession relating to any industrial undertaking as may be specified in the \r\norder; \r\n(b) enter or authorize any person to enter an industrial undertaking and take such \r\naction as may be necessary. \r\n6. Delegation of powers.__ Government may, by general or special order and subject to su ch \r\nconditions as may be specified in the order, authorize any officer or authority subordinate to it to \r\nexercise any of its powers and to perform any of its functions and duties under this Ordinance and the \r\nrules. \r\n7. Revision and appeal.__ (1) Any person feeling aggrieved by an order passed by Government \r\nor by any officer or authority under section 3 or section 4, may, within thirty days of the date of the \r\norder, apply to Government for a revision of the order. \r\n(2) Any person feeling aggrie ved by an order passed by the Director under section 4 may, \r\nwithin thirty days of the date of the order, prefer an appeal to Government. \r\n(3) If in any case it shall appear to Government that any order passed by Government or the \r\nDirector, as the case may b e, be set aside or modified, Government may pass such order thereon as \r\nmay be deemed fit: \r\n \r\nPage 4 of 4 \r\n \r\nProvided that no such order shall be passed unless, in the case of an appeal, the appellant and \r\nin any other case the party to be affected adversely, has been given a reasonable notice to appear and \r\nbe heard. \r\n(4) Subject to any order passed by Government under the last preceding sub -section the order \r\npassed by Government or the Director under section 3 or section 4, as the case may be, shall be final. \r\n8. Penalty for contravention.__ Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of this Ordinance \r\nor the rules, or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or wilfully furnishes incomplete or \r\nfalse information required thereunder, or obstructs any person in the discharge of his duties or functions \r\nthereunder, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with \r\nfine, or with both. \r\n9. Cognizance of offence by court.__ No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable \r\nunder this Ordinance except on a complaint in writing made by the Director. \r\n10. Indemnity.__ No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie against Government, the Director \r\nor any person in respect of  anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this \r\nOrdinance and the rules. \r\n11. Exemption.__ Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt any \r\nindustrial undertaking or class of industrial undertakings from all or any  of the provisions of this \r\nOrdinance or the rules. \r\n12. Ordinance to over-ride other laws.– The provisions of this Ordinance and the rules and \r\norders made thereunder shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any \r\nother law, contract, instrument or document for the time being in force. \r\n13. Power to make rules.__ Government may make rules for carrying into effect the provisions \r\nof this Ordinance. \r\n \r\n_______ \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\np4wns7156 \r\n                          RGN Dated. 23-06-2025",
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