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THE SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONERS (VALIDATION OF 
ORDERS) ACT, 1972  
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title, extent and commencement 
2.  Validation 
3.  [Omitted] 
 
 
  

 
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THE SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONERS (VALIDATION OF ORDERS) ACT, 
1972 
ACT NO. VI OF 1972 
[7th September, 1972]  
An Act to validate certain orders passed by Settlement Commissioners 
 WHEREAS it is necessary to provide for the validation of certain order s passed by certain 
Settlement Commissioners which have be en declared or rendered invalid;  
 It is hereby enacted as follows:-  
 1. Short title, extent and commencement. ___(1) This Act may be called the Settlement 
Commissioners (Validation of Orders) Act, 1972.  
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan.  
 (3) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on the 26th day of 
March, 1958.  
 2. Validation. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Displaced Persons (Compensatio n 
and Rehabilitation) Act, 1958 (XXVIII of 1958), or in any decree or order of any court or other 
authority, any order purporting to be in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 
21 of the said Act made by a Settlement Commissioner to whom the pow ers of the Chief Settlement 
Commissioner under sub-section (2) of section 20 of the said Act had been delegated shall be deemed 
to have been validly made and shall have, and shall be deemed always to have had, effect accordingly.  
 3. 1[Omitted]  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RGN Date:-22.04.2024 
1Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981 (XXVII of 1981), s. 3 and Sch., II.