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THE TRIBAL AREAS (RESTORATION OF JURISDICTION) ACT, 
1964 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and commencement 
2.  Restoration of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High Court 
3.  Extension of limitation 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE TRIBAL AREAS (RESTORATION OF JURISDICTION) ACT, 1964 
ACT No. II OF 1964 
                                                                  [7th April, 1964] 
 
An Act to restore the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High Court in relation to the Tribal 
Areas of the Quetta Division 
 
 WHEREAS clause (5) of Article 223 of the Constitution pro vides that neither the Supreme 
Court nor a High Court shall, unless the Central Legislature by law otherwise provides, exer cise any 
jurisdiction under the Constitution in relation to a Tribal Area; 
 
 AND WHEREAS before the commencement of the aforesaid clause the Supreme Court and 
the High Court of West Pakistan exercised certain jurisdiction in relation to the Tribal Areas of the 
Quetta Division; 
 
 AND WHEREAS it is expedient to restore that  jurisdiction to the Supreme Court and the 
High Court; 
 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:— 
 
 1. Short title and commencement .—(1) This Act may be called the Tribal Areas (Restora -
tion of Jurisdiction) Act, 1964. 
 
 (2) It shall come into force at once and s hall be deemed to have taken effect on the tenth day 
of January, 1964. 
 
 2. Restoration of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the High Court. — The Supreme  
Court and the 1[High Court of Baluchistan] shall exercise in relation to the Tribal Areas of the Quetta 
Division the same jurisdiction as was exercisable by 2[Supreme Court  or, as the case may be, the 
High Court of  West Pakistan] in relation to those areas before the commencement of the 
Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1963 (I of 1964). 
 
 3. Exte nsion of limitation. —Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the 
time being in force, if a period of limitation had begun to run from before the commencement of the 
Constitution (First Amendment) Act), 1963(I of 1964), in respect of any matter concerning which the 
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the 1[High Court of Baluchistan] is created or restored by this 
Act then in com puting such period of limitation the period between the tenth day of January, 1964, 
and the date of the coming into force of this Act shall be excluded:  
  
 Provided that no period of such limitation shall expire on a day earlier than the thirtieth day 
from such date. 
 
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Date: - 21.03.2024 
 
1Subs. by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch. 
2Subs. by F.A.O., 1975 (P.O. No. 4 of 1975), Art. 2 and Sch.