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THE SHORT TITLES ACT, 1973 
 
 
 
 
   CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and commencement 
*2.   
3.         [Omitted] 
THE SCHEDULE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*As per the relevant Gazette Notification  

 
 
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THE SHORT TITLES ACT, 1973 
 
Act No. XXI of 1973 
 
 
An Act to assign short titles to certain Martial Law Regulations and Martial Law Orders 
 
WHEREAS clause (3) of Article 280 of the Interim Constitution of the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as the Interim Constitution, provides that each of the M artial Law 
Regulations and Martial Law Orders specified in the Seventh Schedule thereto shall be deemed to 
have become an Act of the appropriate Legislature; 
 
AND WHEREAS it is expedient, for facility of  reference, to assign short titles to the 
aforesaid Martial Law Regulations and Martial Law Orders and also some of the Martial Law 
Regulations mentioned in the First Schedule to the Interim Constitution; 
 
And whereas the Proclamation of Emergency referred to in clause (8) of Article 139 of the 
Interim Constitution is in force; 
 
It is hereby enacted as follows:— 
 
1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Short Titles Act,                                                                                                                                     
1973. 
 
(2) It shall come into force at once. 
 
2. The laws specified in the first two  columns  of  the  Schedule  to  this  Act,  being  laws  
specified  in  the  First  and  the Seventh Schedules to the Interim Constitution, shall be cited and 
referred to by the short titles mentioned against each in the third column of the Schedule to this Act. 
 
3. 1[Omitted]    
THE SCHEDULE 
 
Existing title of M.L.R. or M.L.O. Number of M.L.R. 
or M.L.O. 
Short Titles 
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1. Rawalpindi  (Requisition  of 
Property) Regulation, 1959. 
- The  Rawalpindi  (Requisition  of 
Property) Regulation, 1959. 
2. Pakistan Capital Regulation. - The Pakistan Capital Regulation, 
1960. 
1960. 
 
 
 
 
1Omitted   by   the   Federal   Laws   (Revision   and   Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch., II. 
 
 
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3. 
Scrutiny of Claims (Evacuee 
Property) Regulation. 
- The Scrutiny of Claims (Evacuee 
Property) Regulation, 1961. 
 
 
 
 
Property) Regulation,1961. 
4. West Pakistan Border  Area 
Regulation, 1959. 
- The West Pakistan Border Area 
Regulation, 1959. 
5. Income Tax (Correction of 
Returns         and         False 
Declaration) Regulation. 
32 The  Income  Tax  (Correction  of 
Returns a n d F a l s e Declaration) 
Regulation, 1969. 
6. Improper Acquisition of 
Property. 
37 The Improper Acquisition of 
Property Regulation, 1969. 
7. Removal from Service 
(Special Provisions) Regulation. 
58 The Removal from Service (Special 
Provisions) Regulation, 1969. 
 8. Punishment for assuming 
style of  living beyond ost ensible 
means. 
59 The Living Beyond Ostensible 
Means (Punishment) Regulation, 
1969. 
9. Recovery of illegal possession of 
Government Ag ricultural Land 
Regulation. 
68 The Government Agricultural Land 
(Recovery of Illegal Possession) 
Regulation, 1969. 
10. Enemy Property Delivering of 
money due to an enemy etc. to the 
Custodian of Enemy Property. 
70 The Enemy Property (Payment of 
money Due to En emy) R egulation, 
1970. 
11. Withdrawal of high denomination 
currency notes. 
81 The Withdrawal of Currency Notes 
(High D enominations) R egulation, 
1971. 
12. To improve the m anagement of the 
Karachi Race Club Limited. 
85 The Karachi Race Club  Limited 
(Improvement of Management) 
Regulation, 1971. 
13. Recovery of Price of Evacuee 
Property and Public Dues 
Regulation. 
Dues Regulation. 
87 The Price of Evacuee Property and 
Public Dues (Recovery) Regulation, 
1971. 
14. Settlement of certain disputes 
between the residents of Peshawar 
District and the Tribal Areas of 
Khyber and Mohmand Agencies. 
93 The Peshawar Dist rict and Tribal 
Areas (Settlement of Disputes) 
Regulation, 1971. 
 
 
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15. Funds of  the Pakistan Muslim  
League (Convention) and Awami 
League. 
97 The Convention Muslim League 
and Aw ami League ( Scrutiny of 
Funds) Regulation, 1971. 
16. The Foreign Exchange Repatriation 
Regulation, 1972. 
1972. 
104 The Foreign Exchange Repatriation 
Regulation, 1972. 
17. The Foreign Ass ets (Declaration) 
Regulation, 1972. 
1972. 
105 The Foreign Ass ets (Declaration) 
Regulation, 1972. 
18. Removal from Service (Special         
Provisions) Regulation, 1972. 
114 The Removal from Civil Service 
(Special Provisio ns ) 
Regul ation , 19 72 . 
1972. 19. The Land R eforms Regulation, 
1972. 
Regulation, 1972. 
115 The  Land  Reforms  Regulation, 
1972. 
20. Removal from Service (Review 
Petition) Regulation, 1972. 
116 The Removal from Service (Review 
Petition) Regulation, 1972. 
1972. 
21. The Land Reforms (Baluchistan 
Pat Feeder Canal) Regulation. 
117 The Land Reforms (Baluchistan 
Pat Feeder Canal) Regulation, 
1972. 
22. Taking Over Privately Managed 
Schools and Colleges. 
118 The Privately Managed Schools and 
Colleges (Taking Over) Regulation, 
1972. 
23. Revocation of  Sale of Enemy 
Property Regulation, 1972. 
119 The Enemy Property (Revocation of 
Sales) Regulation, 1972. 
24. The Devolution and Distribution of 
Property (Dir and Swat) Regulation. 
122 The Dir and Swat (Devolution and 
Distribution of Property) 
Regulation, 1972. 
25. The Settlement of Immovable 
Property Disput es (Dir and Swat) 
Regulation. 
123 The Dir and Swat (Settlement of 
Disputes of Immovable Property) 
Regulation, 1972. 
26. Revocation     of     sale     or 
transfer   of   any   p roperty made 
after the 25th March, 1969, by a  
Corporation or institution  and its 
vesting in the West Pakistan 
Industrial Development Corporation 
on such revocation. 
124 The   West   Pakistan   Industrial 
Development Corporation 
(Revocation of Sale or Transfer) 
Regulation, 1972. 
27. Protecting industries the 
management of whi ch has b een 
taken o ver und er the E conomic 
Reforms Order, 1972. 
125 The         Economic         Reforms 
(Protection   of   Industries)   Re- 
gulation, 1972. 
28. Martial Law Orde r 35 relating to 
the National  Press Trust of 
Pakistan. 
- The National Press Trust 
(Suspension of Board of  Trustees 
and Directors) Regulation, 1972. 
 
 
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29. Zonal   Martial   L aw   Orde r No. 
241 of 1972  of Zone C, made to  
further the eff ective operation  of 
the West Pakistan Co -operative 
Societies and Co -operative Banks  
(Repayment  of Loans) Ordinance,  
1966 ( West Pakistan Ordinance 
No. XIV of 1966). 
- The Co-operative Banks  
(Re-payment of Loans) (Punjab) 
Regulation, 1972. 
30. Zonal   Martial   L aw   Orde r No. 
38 of 1971 of Zone D, as  amended  
by  Zonal Martial Law Orders No. 
42 of 1971 and  No. 48  of 1972 
made to  further the eff ective 
operation  of  the  Co -operative     
Societies     Act,  1925 (Sind Act VII 
of 1925). 
- The Co-operative Societies (Re- 
payment of Loans) (Sind) 
Regulation, 1972. 
 
 
 
 
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