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  "title": "Marriage Functions (Ostentatious Displays) Ordinance, 1999",
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  "text": "RmlsTERED No. u - to2\r\nE'Ei\r\nd'hc Gla1fr0 @\r\nof f,ohidan\r\nEXTRAORDINARY\r\nPUALIS}IED BY AUTHORITY\r\nISLAMABAD, SATURDAYAPRIL T7, 1999\r\nPART I\r\nActs, Ordinances, President's Orders and Regulations\r\nCOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN\r\nMINISTRY OF LAW JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS AND\r\nPARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS\r\n(Law, Justice and Human Rights Division)\r\nIslanabad, the lTth APril, 1999\r\nNo. F.2 (f )/99-Pub.-The following Ordinance made by the President is\r\nhereby published for general information :-\r\noRDINANCE No. III oF 1999\r\nAN\r\nORDINANCE\r\nWHEREAs, it is expedient to provide for the prohibition of wasteful\r\nexpenses on marriages and ceremonies related thereto ;\r\nAND wHEREAs the National Assembly is not in session and the President\r\nis satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take imrnediate\r\naction :\r\nNow, THEREFoRE, in exercise of the powers conferrcd by clause (l) of\r\nArticle 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President\r\nis pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance :-\r\n(72t)\r\nPrice : Rs. 03.00\r\n[339(99)tBx. Gaz.]\r\n\r\nTI{E GAZETTE OF PAKISTAN, EXTRA, APRIL 17, I 999\r\nIPART I\r\nl. \r\nShort title, extent and commencement.-(l) This Ordinance may\r\nbe called the Marriage Functions (Ostentatious Displays) Ordinance, 1999.\r\n(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan\r\n2. Interpretation.- For the purposes of this Ordinance the expres-\r\nsion \"marriage\" shall include all ceremonies, preceding and succeeding the\r\nformal wedding, whether religious or civil rituals such as nikah, rukhsati, t,'alinn,\r\nmehndi, rasm-e-hina, and other functions and celebrations connected with\r\nmarriage and related festivities.\r\n3. Prohibition of ostentatious celebrations.-{ I ) Subject to sutF\r\nsection (2), no person celebrating his marriage or the marriage of any other\r\nperson shall--\r\n(a) decorate or cause to be decorated any house or building including\r\nany space appertaining thereto, stre€t, road or other place, whether\r\nowned by him oi otherwise, with lights or illumination ;\r\n(b) explode or allow any one to explde cracker or olher explosive\r\ndevice including firing by firearm: or\r\n(c) display or allow any one to display fire-works.\r\n4. Restriction on wosteful expenscs.-< I ) No person celebrating his\r\nor the marriage of any other person shall serve or allow any one to serve meals or\r\nother edibles to the persons participating in the marriage in a club, hotel, r€stau-\r\nrant, wedding hall, community cehtrc or any o{her place, except hot and cold soft\r\ndrinks.\r\n(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (l) shall apply to the eating of\r\nmeals within the house by the members of family celebrating the marriage or the\r\nhouse guests.\r\n5. Application of the Ordinance to hotels, restaurants, etc.-No\r\nperson owning or running a hotel, restaurant, wedding halt, community centre, or\r\n722\r\n(3) It shall come into force at once and shall remain in force for a\r\nperiod of two years from its.conmencement.\r\n(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (l) shall prohibit the use of such\r\nlights as are ordina ly necessary to lit the house or any other place being the site\r\nof marriage.\r\n1-\r\n\r\nPARr Il \r\nTHE GAZE TTE OF PAKS'rAN, EXTRA, APRIL I 7, 1999\r\n723\r\nclub being the site of a marriage ceremony or any caterer shall serve or allow any\r\none to serve any meals or edibles to the persons participating in the marriage\r\nceremony other than hot and cold soft drinks.\r\n6. 0{Tences.-Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 3.\r\nsection 4 or section 5 shall be guilty of an offence punishable with simple\r\nimprisonment for a term u,hich may extend to one month or with fine which shall\r\nbe not less than one hundred thousand rupees and not more. than five hundred\r\nthousand rupees or with both.\r\n7. Cognizance of offences.{ I ) The offences under this Ordinance\r\nshall be non-cognizable and no court shall talie cognizance of an offence under\r\nthis Ordinance except on a complaint in writing by an officer or agency as the\r\nFederal Govemment or a Provincial Govemment may, by notification in the\r\nofficial Gazette, appoint.\r\n(2) No court inl'erior to thxt of the Magistrate of the first class shall try\r\nan offence under this (Jrdinance.\r\n(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 32 of the Code of\r\nCriminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898) it shall be lawful for any Magistrate of\r\nthe first class to pass any sentence authorized by this Ordinance even if such sen-\r\ntence exceeds his power under the said section 32.\r\nMUHAMMAD RAFIQ TARAR,\r\nPrcsidertt.\r\nCg. IRSHAD AHMAD,\r\nSe.crctary.\r\nPRTNTED BY THE MANAGER. PRINTING CoRPORATIoN oF PAKISTAN PRESS. tsLAIltABAD\r\nPUBLISHED BY THE MANACER OF PUBLICATIONS' KARACHI-",
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