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  "text": "Page 1 of 5 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE SHORT TITLES ACT, 1973 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n   CONTENTS \r\n1.  Short title and commencement \r\n*2.   \r\n3.         [Omitted] \r\nTHE SCHEDULE \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n*As per the relevant Gazette Notification  \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\nPage 2 of 5 \r\n \r\nTHE SHORT TITLES ACT, 1973 \r\n \r\nAct No. XXI of 1973 \r\n \r\n \r\nAn Act to assign short titles to certain Martial Law Regulations and Martial Law Orders \r\n \r\nWHEREAS clause (3) of Article 280 of the Interim Constitution of the Islamic Republic of \r\nPakistan, hereinafter referred to as the Interim Constitution, provides that each of the M artial Law \r\nRegulations and Martial Law Orders specified in the Seventh Schedule thereto shall be deemed to \r\nhave become an Act of the appropriate Legislature; \r\n \r\nAND WHEREAS it is expedient, for facility of  reference, to assign short titles to the \r\naforesaid Martial Law Regulations and Martial Law Orders and also some of the Martial Law \r\nRegulations mentioned in the First Schedule to the Interim Constitution; \r\n \r\nAnd whereas the Proclamation of Emergency referred to in clause (8) of Article 139 of the \r\nInterim Constitution is in force; \r\n \r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:— \r\n \r\n1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Short Titles Act,                                                                                                                                     \r\n1973. \r\n \r\n(2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n \r\n2. The laws specified in the first two  columns  of  the  Schedule  to  this  Act,  being  laws  \r\nspecified  in  the  First  and  the Seventh Schedules to the Interim Constitution, shall be cited and \r\nreferred to by the short titles mentioned against each in the third column of the Schedule to this Act. \r\n \r\n3. 1[Omitted]    \r\nTHE SCHEDULE \r\n \r\nExisting title of M.L.R. or M.L.O. Number of M.L.R. \r\nor M.L.O. \r\nShort Titles \r\n1 2 3 \r\n1. Rawalpindi  (Requisition  of \r\nProperty) Regulation, 1959. \r\n- The  Rawalpindi  (Requisition  of \r\nProperty) Regulation, 1959. \r\n2. Pakistan Capital Regulation. - The Pakistan Capital Regulation, \r\n1960. \r\n1960. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Omitted   by   the   Federal   Laws   (Revision   and   Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch., II. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 3 of 5 \r\n \r\n \r\n 1 2 3 \r\n \r\n3. \r\nScrutiny of Claims (Evacuee \r\nProperty) Regulation. \r\n- The Scrutiny of Claims (Evacuee \r\nProperty) Regulation, 1961. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nProperty) Regulation,1961. \r\n4. West Pakistan Border  Area \r\nRegulation, 1959. \r\n- The West Pakistan Border Area \r\nRegulation, 1959. \r\n5. Income Tax (Correction of \r\nReturns         and         False \r\nDeclaration) Regulation. \r\n32 The  Income  Tax  (Correction  of \r\nReturns a n d F a l s e Declaration) \r\nRegulation, 1969. \r\n6. Improper Acquisition of \r\nProperty. \r\n37 The Improper Acquisition of \r\nProperty Regulation, 1969. \r\n7. Removal from Service \r\n(Special Provisions) Regulation. \r\n58 The Removal from Service (Special \r\nProvisions) Regulation, 1969. \r\n 8. Punishment for assuming \r\nstyle of  living beyond ost ensible \r\nmeans. \r\n59 The Living Beyond Ostensible \r\nMeans (Punishment) Regulation, \r\n1969. \r\n9. Recovery of illegal possession of \r\nGovernment Ag ricultural Land \r\nRegulation. \r\n68 The Government Agricultural Land \r\n(Recovery of Illegal Possession) \r\nRegulation, 1969. \r\n10. Enemy Property Delivering of \r\nmoney due to an enemy etc. to the \r\nCustodian of Enemy Property. \r\n70 The Enemy Property (Payment of \r\nmoney Due to En emy) R egulation, \r\n1970. \r\n11. Withdrawal of high denomination \r\ncurrency notes. \r\n81 The Withdrawal of Currency Notes \r\n(High D enominations) R egulation, \r\n1971. \r\n12. To improve the m anagement of the \r\nKarachi Race Club Limited. \r\n85 The Karachi Race Club  Limited \r\n(Improvement of Management) \r\nRegulation, 1971. \r\n13. Recovery of Price of Evacuee \r\nProperty and Public Dues \r\nRegulation. \r\nDues Regulation. \r\n87 The Price of Evacuee Property and \r\nPublic Dues (Recovery) Regulation, \r\n1971. \r\n14. Settlement of certain disputes \r\nbetween the residents of Peshawar \r\nDistrict and the Tribal Areas of \r\nKhyber and Mohmand Agencies. \r\n93 The Peshawar Dist rict and Tribal \r\nAreas (Settlement of Disputes) \r\nRegulation, 1971. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 4 of 5 \r\n \r\n 1 2 3 \r\n15. Funds of  the Pakistan Muslim  \r\nLeague (Convention) and Awami \r\nLeague. \r\n97 The Convention Muslim League \r\nand Aw ami League ( Scrutiny of \r\nFunds) Regulation, 1971. \r\n16. The Foreign Exchange Repatriation \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n1972. \r\n104 The Foreign Exchange Repatriation \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n17. The Foreign Ass ets (Declaration) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n1972. \r\n105 The Foreign Ass ets (Declaration) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n18. Removal from Service (Special         \r\nProvisions) Regulation, 1972. \r\n114 The Removal from Civil Service \r\n(Special Provisio ns ) \r\nRegul ation , 19 72 . \r\n1972. 19. The Land R eforms Regulation, \r\n1972. \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n115 The  Land  Reforms  Regulation, \r\n1972. \r\n20. Removal from Service (Review \r\nPetition) Regulation, 1972. \r\n116 The Removal from Service (Review \r\nPetition) Regulation, 1972. \r\n1972. \r\n21. The Land Reforms (Baluchistan \r\nPat Feeder Canal) Regulation. \r\n117 The Land Reforms (Baluchistan \r\nPat Feeder Canal) Regulation, \r\n1972. \r\n22. Taking Over Privately Managed \r\nSchools and Colleges. \r\n118 The Privately Managed Schools and \r\nColleges (Taking Over) Regulation, \r\n1972. \r\n23. Revocation of  Sale of Enemy \r\nProperty Regulation, 1972. \r\n119 The Enemy Property (Revocation of \r\nSales) Regulation, 1972. \r\n24. The Devolution and Distribution of \r\nProperty (Dir and Swat) Regulation. \r\n122 The Dir and Swat (Devolution and \r\nDistribution of Property) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n25. The Settlement of Immovable \r\nProperty Disput es (Dir and Swat) \r\nRegulation. \r\n123 The Dir and Swat (Settlement of \r\nDisputes of Immovable Property) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n26. Revocation     of     sale     or \r\ntransfer   of   any   p roperty made \r\nafter the 25th March, 1969, by a  \r\nCorporation or institution  and its \r\nvesting in the West Pakistan \r\nIndustrial Development Corporation \r\non such revocation. \r\n124 The   West   Pakistan   Industrial \r\nDevelopment Corporation \r\n(Revocation of Sale or Transfer) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n27. Protecting industries the \r\nmanagement of whi ch has b een \r\ntaken o ver und er the E conomic \r\nReforms Order, 1972. \r\n125 The         Economic         Reforms \r\n(Protection   of   Industries)   Re- \r\ngulation, 1972. \r\n28. Martial Law Orde r 35 relating to \r\nthe National  Press Trust of \r\nPakistan. \r\n- The National Press Trust \r\n(Suspension of Board of  Trustees \r\nand Directors) Regulation, 1972. \r\n \r\n \r\nPage 5 of 5 \r\n \r\n 1 2 3 \r\n29. Zonal   Martial   L aw   Orde r No. \r\n241 of 1972  of Zone C, made to  \r\nfurther the eff ective operation  of \r\nthe West Pakistan Co -operative \r\nSocieties and Co -operative Banks  \r\n(Repayment  of Loans) Ordinance,  \r\n1966 ( West Pakistan Ordinance \r\nNo. XIV of 1966). \r\n- The Co-operative Banks  \r\n(Re-payment of Loans) (Punjab) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \r\n30. Zonal   Martial   L aw   Orde r No. \r\n38 of 1971 of Zone D, as  amended  \r\nby  Zonal Martial Law Orders No. \r\n42 of 1971 and  No. 48  of 1972 \r\nmade to  further the eff ective \r\noperation  of  the  Co -operative     \r\nSocieties     Act,  1925 (Sind Act VII \r\nof 1925). \r\n- The Co-operative Societies (Re- \r\npayment of Loans) (Sind) \r\nRegulation, 1972. \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         RGN Uploaded on 28.02.2024",
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