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Power to make rules. \r\n12. Power to frame regulations. \r\n13. Repeal. \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE WEST PAKISTAN CO-OPERATIVE BOARD (DISSOLUTION) ACT, \r\n1966 \r\n(II of 1966) \r\n[22 December 1966] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto provide for the dissolution of the West Pakistan Co-operative Board. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the dis solution of the West \r\nPakistan Co-operative Board, and for matters ancillary thereto; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, commencement and extent .– (1) This Act may be called the \r\nWest Pakistan Co-operative Board (Dissolution) Act, 1966. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n (3) It shall extend to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan except the \r\nTribal Areas. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following \r\nexpressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to \r\nsay– \r\n(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator appointed under section 4; \r\n(b) “Board” means the West Pakistan Co -operative Boa rd established \r\nunder section 3 of the West Pakistan Co -operative Board Ordinance, \r\n1962 (W.P. Ordinance XIV of 1962); \r\n(c) “Co-operative Development Fund” means the Fund established under \r\nsection 7; \r\n(d) “Government” means the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; and \r\n(e) “Project” means a project which was sponsored, managed, promoted \r\nor organized by the Board and is notified by Government as a project \r\nfor the purposes of this Act. \r\n3. Dissolution of the Board .– Immediately on the coming into force of this A ct, \r\nthe Board shall stand dissolved and the Chairman and the other members of the \r\nBoard shall vacate their offices. \r\n4. Appointment of Administrator .– (1) Government shall appoint an \r\nAdministrator, by name or in virtue of his office, for the purpose of– \r\n \r\n1This Act was passed by the West Pakistan Assembly on December 2, 1966; assented to by the Governor of West Pakistan on \r\nDecember 13, 1966; published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated December 22, 1966, pp. 3730-A-3730-F. \r\n2Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. \r\n14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read \r\nwith Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 85. \r\n(i) winding up the affairs of the Board; \r\n(ii) administering such projects promoted, sponsored , organized or \r\nmanaged by the Board immediately before its dissolution as may be \r\napproved by Government; \r\n(iii) completing, in such manner as may be directed by Govern ment, such \r\nschemes or projects undertaken by the Board; and \r\n(iv) performing the other duties and functions of an Administrator under this \r\nAct. \r\n (2) All properties, funds and dues which, immediately before the \r\ndissolution of the Board, were vested in or wer e realizable by the Board, shall vest in \r\nand be realizable by the Administrator, and all l iabilities which, immediately before \r\nthe dissolution of the Board, were enforceable against the Board, shall be assumed \r\nby, and be enforceable against the Administrator. \r\n5. Term of office of Administrator .– The Administrator shall hold office for \r\nsuch period as the Government may prescribe and the terms and conditions of his \r\nservice shall be governed by Civil Service Rules. \r\n6. Duties, etc. of Administrator .– (1) The du ties, functions and powers of the \r\nAdministrator shall be– \r\n(a) to carry on such of the busi ness of the Board as may be necessary for \r\nthe proper winding up of the affairs of the Board; \r\n(b) to recover, arrange to recover or to collect and realize the assets o f the \r\nBoard, including advances and loans made to any Co -operative \r\nSociety or person, inve stments in the shares of a co -operative society \r\nmade, or investments in a co -operative project undertaken by, the \r\nBoard; \r\n1\r\n[(bb) to obtain, with the approval of Govern ment, loans necessary for the \r\npurpose of any project;] \r\n(c) to pay or arrange to pay the liabilities of the Board; \r\n(d) to settle all outstanding claims against the Board; \r\n(e) to administer the Co -operative Development Fund in accordance with \r\nany regulations framed under section 12; \r\n(f) to administer, execute and complete projects until their tra nsfer to Co -\r\noperative Societies \r\n2\r\n[or to such person or corporate body as may be \r\napproved by Government]; \r\n(g) to incur all necessary expenditure for the purpose of– \r\n(i) the proper functioning or completion of the various projects to be \r\nadministered, executed or completed by the Administrator; or \r\n(ii) the winding up of the affairs of the Board; or \r\n \r\n1Added by the West Pakistan Co-operative Board (Dissolution) (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971 (I of 1971), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 2, 1971, pp. 17-18, s. 2(i). \r\n2Ibid., s. 2(ii). \r\n(iii) payment of salaries, allowances, etc., of the employees working \r\nin the projects to be administered, executed or completed by the \r\nAdministrator; or \r\n(iv) the du e performance of any of the duties of the Administrator \r\nunder this Act or the rules framed under section 11; \r\n(h) to appoint, transfer, suspend, punish, remove or dism iss, in \r\naccordance with the rules framed under section 11, the employees \r\nworking in the pr ojects or required for the winding up of the affairs of \r\nthe Board. \r\n (2) The Administrator shall exercise his powers and perform his duties and \r\nfunctions under this Act subject to the general control and directions of Government. \r\n1\r\n[6-A. Administrator to be a local authority .– The Administrator shall be deemed \r\nto be a local authority under the Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914, for the purposes \r\nof borrowing money and the administration, execution or completion of any project \r\nunder this Act shall be deemed to be a work which such authority is legally \r\nauthorised to carry out.] \r\n7. Co-operative Development Fund .– (1) A fund shall be established to be \r\nknown as “the Co -operative Development Fund” which shall vest in the \r\nAdministrator. \r\n (2) The Co-operative Development Fund shall consist of– \r\n(a) all moneys standing to the credit of the “Board’s Fund” constituted \r\nunder the West Pakistan Co -operative Board Ordinance, 1962 (West \r\nPakistan Ordinance XIV of 1962) at the time of the dissolution of the \r\nBoard; \r\n2\r\n[*] \r\n3\r\n[(b) loans obtained under clause (bb) of sub-section (1) of section 6; and] \r\n4\r\n[(c)] all other sums received by the Administrator. \r\n (3) The Fund shall be utilized by the Administ rator, subject to the general \r\ncontrol and supervision of Government, for– \r\n(a) satisfying the liabilities of the Board; and \r\n(b) meeting charges of the Administrator in connection with his functions \r\nunder this Act, and specially the expenditure referred to i n clause (g) of \r\nsub-section (1) of section 6. \r\n (4) Financial assistance to co -operative societies may be provided out of \r\nthe Co-operative Development Fund by strengthening their share capital, by granting \r\nloans to them at a low rate of interest, or by giving them grants-in-aid or subsidies for \r\nthe benefit of the Societies and their constituents or the promotion and advancement \r\nof the Co-operative Movement. \r\n \r\n1Added by the West Pakistan Co-operative Board (Dissolution) (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971 (I of 1971), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated January 2, 1971, pp. 17-18, s. 3. \r\n2Omitted by the Ordinance ibid., s. 4(i). \r\n3Added by the Ordinance ibid., s. 4(iii). \r\n4Re-lettered from “(b)” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 4(ii). \r\n8. Accounts and audit .– (1) The Administrator shall maintain proper accounts \r\nand other relevant record s and prepare an annual statement of accounts, in \r\naccordance with such general directions a s may be issued, and in such forms as \r\nmay be specified, by Government. \r\n (2) The Accounts of the Administrator shall be audited by an auditor to be \r\nappointed for the purpose by the Government. \r\n (3) The Administrator shall produce all accounts, books and doc uments, \r\nand furnish such explanation and information as the auditor appointed under this \r\nsection may require for the purposes of audit. \r\n (4) The auditor shall report to Government upon the annual balance -sheet \r\nand accounts of the Administrator and in his r eport shall state whether in his opinion \r\nthe balance-sheet is a full and fair balance -sheet containing all necessary particulars \r\nand properly drawn up, and in case h e has called for any explanation or information \r\nfrom the Administrator, whether it has been given and whether it is satisfactory. \r\n (5) Government may at any time issue directions to the auditor requiring \r\nhim to report upon the administration of the Co -operative Development Fund and \r\nmay at any time enlarge or extend the scope of audit and direct that a different \r\nprocedure in audit be adopted or that any other examination be made by the auditor, \r\nif in his opinion, the public interest so requires. \r\n (6) Government may issue directions to the Administrator for the \r\nrectification of matters objected to in audit, and the Administrator shall comply with \r\nevery such direction. \r\n (7) The Administrator shall, within one month of the closing of the financial \r\nyear, submit to Government, a report about the affairs of the Projects in the charge, \r\nand under the control of the Administrator, and the progress made in the winding up \r\nof the affairs of the Board, during the financial year. \r\n (8) Government may require the Administrator to furnish it with– \r\n(a) any return, statement, estimate, statistics or other information \r\nregarding any matter under the control of the Administrator; or \r\n(b) a report on any such matter ;or \r\n(c) a copy of any document in the charge of the Administrator; \r\nand the Administrator shall comply with every such requisition. \r\n9. Administrator, etc., to be public servant .– The Administrator and every \r\nemployee of the Administrator shall be deemed to be a public servant within the \r\nmeaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code. \r\n10. Protection of action taken under this Act .– No suit, prosecution or other \r\nlegal proceedings shall be instituted against Government, the Administrator, or any \r\nother person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done unde r \r\nthis Act or the rules framed thereunder. \r\n11. Power to make rules .– Government may make ru les to give effect to the \r\nprovisions of this Act. \r\n12. Power to frame regulations .– Government may frame regulations for the \r\nadministration of the Co-operative Development Fund. \r\n13. Repeal.– (1) The West Pakistan Co -operative Board Ordinance, 1962 (West \r\nPakistan Ordinance XIV of 1962), hereafter referred to as the said Ordinance, is \r\nhereby repealed. \r\n (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the said Ordinance, everything done , \r\naction taken, obligation or liability incurred, contract entered into, officer appointed or \r\nperson authorised and order issued under any of the provisions of the said \r\nOrdinance shall, if not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force \r\nand, so far as may be, be deemed to have been respectively done, taken, incurred, \r\nentered into, appointed, authorised or issued under this Act.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-0-1777:8287dcaec6630802852b13bdaccfe18a88a2994abd35a1879dd529607ebd7d71", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1777, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1803, "passage_sha256": "8287dcaec6630802852b13bdaccfe18a88a2994abd35a1879dd529607ebd7d71", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1777-8287dcaec6630802" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-1777-3547:b04e1398690d01e16aeedfc52412a71475f7db4ebc517f0a7d0ffd019af02f63", "character_start": 1777, "character_end": 3547, "utf8_byte_start": 1803, "utf8_byte_end": 3587, "passage_sha256": "b04e1398690d01e16aeedfc52412a71475f7db4ebc517f0a7d0ffd019af02f63", "reader_fragment": "p-1777-3547-b04e1398690d01e1" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-3547-5339:42e14716a87f26a32e24df615d23a6ce4ca6ae0f2db21b9973e08e17300a9749", "character_start": 3547, "character_end": 5339, "utf8_byte_start": 3587, "utf8_byte_end": 5387, "passage_sha256": "42e14716a87f26a32e24df615d23a6ce4ca6ae0f2db21b9973e08e17300a9749", "reader_fragment": "p-3547-5339-42e14716a87f26a3" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-5339-7073:8a5eb01c108c745e02555e170894a12d934bb073153d03a751beaf5a2d53441a", "character_start": 5339, "character_end": 7073, "utf8_byte_start": 5387, "utf8_byte_end": 7137, "passage_sha256": "8a5eb01c108c745e02555e170894a12d934bb073153d03a751beaf5a2d53441a", "reader_fragment": "p-5339-7073-8a5eb01c108c745e" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-7073-8849:e688247531b7db88b1c97a831f16c7adedcac06a3c775f69bc384bcd61bead83", "character_start": 7073, "character_end": 8849, "utf8_byte_start": 7137, "utf8_byte_end": 8921, "passage_sha256": "e688247531b7db88b1c97a831f16c7adedcac06a3c775f69bc384bcd61bead83", "reader_fragment": "p-7073-8849-e688247531b7db88" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-8849-10612:50b582c42aa89f56e2334e9c8ece5377d4f27b8642df44f4c8f356273ba74b6f", "character_start": 8849, "character_end": 10612, "utf8_byte_start": 8921, "utf8_byte_end": 10688, "passage_sha256": "50b582c42aa89f56e2334e9c8ece5377d4f27b8642df44f4c8f356273ba74b6f", "reader_fragment": "p-8849-10612-50b582c42aa89f56" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-06587c7529bec812:sha256:bd22e7e7dc59e484874184ebcb50abf363ad870a0e65c30e26ba5bfe93a376fb:chars-10612-11859:cc2bfdc8eff4a98590ba14e09ec9aa04795a6f4980137cf3f441a9280e337c63", "character_start": 10612, "character_end": 11859, "utf8_byte_start": 10688, "utf8_byte_end": 11943, "passage_sha256": "cc2bfdc8eff4a98590ba14e09ec9aa04795a6f4980137cf3f441a9280e337c63", "reader_fragment": "p-10612-11859-cc2bfdc8eff4a985" } ] }