Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganization and Conversion) Act, 2011

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THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN 
(REORGANIZATION AND CONVERSION) ACT, 2011 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
  
1. Short title, extent and commencement.  
2. Definitions.  
3. Establishment of the company, etc.  
4. Company to be deemed a banking Company. 
 
5. Transfer and vesting of assets, contracts, liabilities, proceedings and undertakings .  
6.       Continuation of service in the Company.  
7.    Contracts and proceedings.  
8.     Certain guarantees to remain in force.  
9.    Bar of jurisdiction.  
10. Indemnity.  
11.       Act to override other laws, etc.  
12.     Power to make rules.  
13.   Removal or difficulties.  
14.    Repeal.  
15.    Validation of actions, etc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK OF PAKISTAN 
(REORGANIZATION AND CONVERSION) ACT, 2011 
 
(ACT No. XII of 2011) 
[14th May, 2011] 
 
An Act to provide for the reorganization and conversion of the Industrial Development Bank of 
Pakistan into a public limited company 
 
 
It is hereby enacted as follows: 
 
1.  Short title , extent   and commencement.(1) This Act may be called the Industrial  
Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganization and Conversion) Act, 2011.  
 
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan. 
 
(3) It shall come into force at once. 
 
2. Definitions.In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, 
 
(a)  “assets” means rights and powers of every description and includes all 
properties, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, mortgages, charges 
and claims in the name of the IDBP, as the case may be; 
 
(b)   “Company” means the Industrial Development Bank Limited to be established 
and incorporated in accordance with section 3; 
 
(c)  “contracts” means all contracts, agreements, bonds guarantee, indemnities, 
representations, obligations, undertakings and other legal docu ments and 
instruments of every description executed by or on behalf of IDBP, as the case 
may be including employment, investment, sales and financial contracts with 
whomsoever; 
 
(d)  “effective” date means the date specified in the order issued under section 5; 
 
(e)     “IDBP” means the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan established under  
the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 (XXXI of 1961); 
 
(f)  “liabilities” means all liabilities lawfully incurred by IDBP, as the case may be, 
and includes duties and obligations of every kind imposed thereon; 
 
(g)  “order” means an order made by the Federal Government under sub­section (1) 
of section 5; 
 
(h)  “proceedings” includes any suit, arbitration or other legal or administrative 
proceedings, applications, appeals, awards, reviews or revisions filed or 
pending; 
 
(i)  “rules” means the rules made under this Act; 
 
 
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 (j)  “transfer” means the transfer of assets, contracts , liabilities, proceedings and 
undertakings of IDBP, as the case may be, to the Company; and 
 
(k)  “undertakings” includes all projects, ventures and any other operations 
undertaken by IDBP, as the case may be, individually or collectively in 
collaboration with some other person. 
 
3. Establishment of the Company, etc.(1) As soon as may be, after the commencement 
of this  Act, the Federal Government shall establish a Company to be known as the Industrial 
Development Bank Limited, by shares and cause it to be incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, 
1984 (XLVII   of   I984), with   the   principal   object   of   taking   over   the   business,  functions, 
contracts, proceedings, undertakings, assets and liabilities of IDBP. 
 
(2) No stamp duty or any other charges shall be payable by the Company under any law for the 
time being in force for the transfer and vesting of the assets, contracts, liabilities, proceedings or 
undertakings of IDBP to the Company or any shares or securities issued in favour of the shareholders 
or financiers or IDBP by the Company. 
 
4. Company to be deemed a banking company. (1) The Company shall be deemed to be 
a banking company for the purposes of the State Bank of Pakistan Act, 1956, (XXXIII of 1956) 
Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 (LVII of 1962), and any other law for the time being in force 
relating to banking companies until such time that the license is granted to the Company under sub­ 
section (2). 
 
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub­section (1), the Company shall apply to the State 
Bank of Pakistan, for a license for permitting to carry on the business of banking in Pakistan in 
accordance with the provisions of section 27 of the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 (LVll of  
1962), through the existing branches of IDBP. 
 
5. Transfer and vesting of assets, contracts, liabilities, proceedings and 
undertakings.(1) After the registration of the Company, the Federal Government shall by an 
order, published in the official Gazette, direct that all the assets, contracts, liabilities, proceedings and 
undertakings of IDBP stand transferred to and vest in the Company, on the date specified therein, on 
such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Federal Government in this behalf. 
 
(2) The order issued under sub­section (1) shall, inter­alia, provide for 
 
(a)  the transfer of all the assets, contracts, liabilities, proceedings and undertakings 
of IDBP to the Company; 
 
(b)  the allotment of shares or debentures of the Company to the Shareholders, 
debenture­ holders or bond­holders of lDBP in proportion to their shares, 
debentures, bonds or other securities in IDBP, as the case may be, after 
determining the net asset value of lDBP on the effective date; 
 
(c)  the dissolution of IDBP from the effective date; 
 
(d)   the transfer of guarantees issued in favour of the Company by the Government 
of Pakistan, a Provincial Government and other government agencies such as  
 
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Sarhad Development Board and Punjab Small Industries Corpor ation for 
repayment of loans from borrowers; and 
 
(e)  such incidental, consequential and supplemental matters as are necessary to 
secure the transfer of assets, contracts, liabilities, proceedings and undertakings 
under this Act; 
 
(3) The value ascribed to the assets and liabilities transferred to, and vested in, the Company 
by the Federal Government under the order shall represent the fair net value of the assets for taxation, 
depreciation or any other purposes. 
 
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 146 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII 
of 1984), the Company shall, upon transfer, continue all business and undertakings of IDBP as were 
being carried on immediately prior to the effective date. 
 
6. Continuation of service in the Company.(1) All permanent employees and officers of 
IDBP, who were continuously in the service of IDBP for a period of one year or more immediately 
before the effective date, shall stand transferred to and become the employees of the  Company as on 
the effective date on the same terms and conditions as were applicable to them before the effective 
date. The terms and conditions applicable to the retired employees of IDBP shall continue to apply to 
such retired employees. 
 
(2) Notwithsta nding anything contained in any law, contract, agreement or conditions of 
service no person transferred to the Company pursuant to sub­section (1) shall be entitled to any 
compensation as a consequence of transfer to the Company. 
 
7. Contracts and proceedings.(1) All contracts subsisting or having effect, immediately 
before the effective date, to which IDBP may have been a party or beneficiary, shall be deemed to 
have been made by the Company and shall remain in force for all intents and purposes. 
 
(2) All proceedings by or against or relating to IDBP pending on the effective date before any 
court, tribunal, arbitrator or any other authority shall be continued, prosecuted, defended, enforced and 
executed by or against the Company in the same m anner and to the same extent as might have been 
continued, prosecuted, defended, enforced and executed by or against IDBP, as the case may be, and 
for the purposes of the proceedings under Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 
(XXXI of 1961) the relevant provisions of Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 
(XXXI of 1961) shall, mutatis mutandis, continue to apply to these proceedings notwithstanding the 
repeal of the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 (XXXI or 1961). 
 
8. Certain guarantees to remain in force.Notwithstanding the repeal of the said 
Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 (XXXI of 1961) all guarantees  given by 
the Government of Pakistan in favour of foreign and local institutions which extended loans to IDBP 
shall remain in force as though these guarantees were given on behalf of IDBP. 
 
9. Bar of jurisdiction. No court, tribunal, arbitrator or authority shall question or permit 
to be called in question, any transfer or order made, anything done or action taken or purported to be 
made, done or taken under this Act. 
 
 
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10. Indemnity. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Federal 
Government, State Bank of Pakistan, IDBP, the Company or any other person for anything which is 
in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or any rule or order made thereunder. 
 
11. Act to override other laws, etc.  The provisions of this Act sh all have effect 
notwithstanding anything contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, or in any 
agreement, contract, decree, order or any other instrument whatsoever. 
 
12. Power to make rules. The Federal Government may, by notificatio n in the official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes or this Act. 
 
13. Removal of difficulties. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any provision of this 
Act, the Federal Government may make such order, not inconsistent with the pr ovisions of this Act, 
as may appear to it to be necessary, for the purpose of removing the difficulty: 
 
Provided that no such power shall be exercised after the expiry of two years from the 
commencement of this Act. 
 
14. Repeal. (1) Immediately after the dissolution of IDBP in pursuance of clause (c) of 
sub­section (2) of section 5, the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 (XXXI of 
1961), shall stand repealed. 
 
(2) This Act, save as is provided in sub­section (1) of  section 3 and section 8, shall stand 
repealed after the expiry of a period of eighteen months from its commencement and subject to 
sub­section (3) the Company shall continue to operate. 
 
(3) The top management of the Company under section 6, as soon as may be possible after the 
commencement of this Act, shall make arrangements  for a viable public  private partnership or 
privatization of the Company. 
 
15. Validation  of actions,  etc.  Anything done, actions taken, orders passed, instruments 
made, notificati ons issued, agreements made, proceedings initiated, processes or communication 
issued, powers conferred, assumed or exercised, by the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan 
(IDBP) or its officers on or after the 26th November, 2009 and before the commencement of this Act, 
shall be deemed to have been validly done, made, issued, taken, initiated, conferred, assumed, and 
exercised and provisions of the Act shall have, and shall be deemed always to have had, effect 
accordingly. 
 
 
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