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  "title": "Pakistan Tourist Guides Act, 1976",
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  "text": "Page 1 of 5 \r\n \r\n  \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE PAKISTAN TOURIST GUIDES ACT, 1976 \r\n \r\n              \r\n \r\n \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1.  Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2.  Definitions \r\n3.  Committee \r\n4.  Licensing of tourist guides \r\n5.  Code of conduct \r\n6.  Suspension or cancellation of licence \r\n7.  Prohibition to act as a tourist guide \r\n8.  Service charges of tourist guides \r\n9.  Penalty and procedure \r\n10.  Power to exempt \r\n11.   Delegation of powers \r\n12.  Power to make rules \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\nPage 2 of 5 \r\n \r\nTHE PAKISTAN TOURIST GUIDES ACT, 1976 \r\n \r\nACT No. XXVI OF 1976 \r\n \r\n          [11th May, 1976] \r\n \r\nAn Act to provide for the regulation and control of the profession of tourist guides \r\n \r\n WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to provide for the regulation and control of the \r\nprofession of tourist guides; \r\n \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:— \r\n \r\n 1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Pakistan \r\nTourist Guides Act, 1976. \r\n \r\n (2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan and applies to all tourist guides wherever they may be. \r\n \r\n (3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n \r\n 2. Definitions.—In this   Act,   unless   there   is   anything   repugnant   in   the subject or \r\ncontext,— \r\n \r\n(a)      “Committee” means the Tourist Guide Regulatory Committee set up under \r\nsection 3 ; \r\n(b)       “licence” means licence issued under section 4;  \r\n(c)       “prescribed” means prescribed by rules; \r\n(d)       “rules” means rules made under this Act; and \r\n(e)       “tourist guide” means a person licensed as such under section 4. \r\n \r\n 3. C ommittee.—(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the \r\nFederal Government shall set up a committee to be known  as the Tou rist Guide R egulatory \r\nCommittee consisting of a Chairman and such other members as the Federal Government may \r\nappoint. \r\n \r\n (2) The Chairman and other members of the Committee shall hold office during the pleasure \r\nof the Federal Government on such terms and conditions as the Federal Government may determine. \r\n  \r\n (3) The Committee shall perform the following functions, namely:— \r\n \r\n(a) advise the Federal Government in the implementation of the provisions of this \r\nAct and the rules; \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 5 \r\n \r\n (b) assist the Federal Government in the preparation of the code of conduct for \r\ntourist guides; and \r\n \r\n(c) such oth er functions as are in consonance with p rovisions of this Act and \r\nwhich the Federal Government may entrust to it. \r\n \r\n 4. Licensing of tourist guides.—(1) Any person operating or intending to operate as tourist \r\nguide shall apply to the Federal Government on the prescribed form for grant of a licence. \r\n \r\n (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Federal Government may, after \r\nholding the prescribed tests and on payment of the prescribed fee by the applicant, issue to the \r\napplicant, if he qualifies in such tests, a licence in the prescribed form. \r\n \r\n (3)  The  Federal  Government  shall  maintain  a  register  in  which  the  names  and \r\naddresses of all tourist guides shall be entered. \r\n \r\n (4) The licence shall, unless earlier suspended or cancelled under section 6, remain valid for \r\na period of three years and may be renewed after every three years in the prescribed m anner on \r\npayment of the prescribed fee. \r\n  \r\n 5. Co de of conduct.—The Federal Gov ernment sh all, in consultation with the  Committee, \r\nprescribe a code of conduct for tourist guides. \r\n \r\n 6. Suspension or cancellation of licence.―(1) The Federal Government may, after \r\naffording a tourist guide an opportunity of showing cause against the action proposed to be taken \r\nagainst him, suspend or cancel the licence of the tourist guide if he— \r\n \r\n(a)       violates the terms and conditions of the licence; or \r\n \r\n(b)       violates the code of conduct. \r\n \r\n(2)       (a)   A tourist guide aggrieved by the decision or order under sub -section (1) of an \r\nofficer or authority other than the Federal Government may prefer an appeal to \r\nthe Federal Government within the prescribed time  and in the prescribed \r\nmanner and the orders of the Federal Government in such appeal shall be final. \r\n(b)       The Federal Government may at any time of its own motion or on an \r\napplication of any tourist guide aggrieved by any decision or order passed by \r\nthe Federal Government under this Act or the rules, within the prescribed time \r\nand in the prescribed manner, pass such order as it think fit: \r\n \r\n    Provided that no order against a tourist guide shall be passed unless he \r\n   has been given an opportunity of showing cause against it and of being heard. \r\n \r\n 7. Prohibition to act as  a tourist guide.—Except as otherwise provided in the A ct, no \r\nperson shall hold himself out or act, as a tourist guide unless he holds a licence. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 4 of 5 \r\n \r\n 8. Service charges of tourist guides.—(1) The Federal Government shall, from time to time \r\nby notification in the official Gazette, fix the maximum rates of charges to which a tourist guide \r\nshall be entitled for the services rendered by him. \r\n \r\n (2) A tourist guide shall not demand from any person to whom he has rendered any service \r\nas such any amount in excess of the maximum charges fixed under sub-section (1) for that service. \r\n \r\n (3) The guides employed on a fixed salary on a wholetime basis by any travel agency \r\nlicensed under a law for the regulation and control of the profession of travel and tourist agencies \r\nshall not charge any fee from a tourist. \r\n \r\n 9. Penalty and procedure.—(1) Whoever— \r\n \r\n(a)       being a person to whom no licence has been issued, or \r\n \r\n(b)     being a person whose licence has been cancelled or is for the time being \r\nsuspended,  \r\n \r\nholds himself out, or acts, as a tourist guide or otherwise contravenes the provisions of this Act or \r\nthe rules or, being a tourist guide, contravenes the terms or conditions of the licence issued to him \r\nor of a noti fication issued under sub-section (1) of s ection 8, or  violates the prescribed code of \r\nconduct, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. \r\n \r\n (2) Any Magistrate for the time being empowered to try in a summary way t he o ffences \r\nspecified in sub-section (1) of section 260 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898), \r\nmay try summarily an offence punishable under this Act in accordance with the p rovisions of  \r\nChapter XXII of that Code. \r\n  \r\n (3) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this Act except upon a \r\ncomplaint made in writing by or under the authority of the Federal Government. \r\n \r\n 10. Power to exempt.—The Federal Government may exempt any class of persons from \r\nthe operation of all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to such conditions, if any, as it \r\nmay deem fit. \r\n \r\n 11.  D elegation of powers.—The  Federal  Government  may,  by notification  in  the \r\nofficial  Gazette,  direct  that  all  or  any  of  its  powers  under  this  Act  shall,  under  such \r\nconditions, if any, as may be specified, be exercisable also— \r\n \r\n(a)       by an officer or authority subordinate to the Federal Government, or \r\n \r\n(b)       by a Provincial Government or any Officer or authority subordinate to such \r\n Government. \r\n \r\n 12. Power to make rules.—(1) The Federal Government may, by notification in the official \r\nGazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. \r\n \r\n (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules \r\nmay provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— \r\n \r\nPage 5 of 5 \r\n \r\n(a)       the fees payable for the issue and renewal of a licence; \r\n \r\n(b)       the form in which an application for a licence is to be made; \r\n \r\n(c)       the form of the licence;  \r\n \r\n(d)       the code of conduct; and \r\n \r\n(e)       the conditions to which a licence shall be subject. \r\n \r\n \r\n______________ \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nRGN Date: 02-03-2026",
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