PUNJAB COTTON CONTROL ORDINANCE, 1966

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THE PUNJAB COTTON CONTROL ORDINANCE, 1966 
(XX of 1966) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Constitution of Cotton Control Board and Advisory Committees. 
4. Powers and duties of the Board and the Advisory Committees. 
5. Inspectors. 
6. Administration of the Ordinance. 
7. Licence for working cotton ginning or cott on pressing or cotton seed oil 
factories. 
8. Maintenance of registers. 
9. Liability on change of occupancy. 
10. Returns of a ginning factory. 
11. Returns of a pressing factory. 
11-A. Submission of monthly returns by cotton ginning and cotton pressing 
factories. 
12. Returns of a cotton seed oil factory. 
13. Marking of bales. 
14. Scales and weights. 
15. Structural requirements. 
16. Prohibition on admixture of different varieties of cotton. 
17. Punishment for admixture, adulteration, contamina tion and watering 
cotton. 
18. Determination of occupiers for purposes of punishments under this 
Ordinance. 
19. Cognizance and prosecution of offences. 
20. Power to reject un-marked bales in fulfillment of contracts. 
21. Growing of particular varieties. 
22. Power to issue notification prohibiting import of cotton into specified 
areas. 
23. Refusal to carry unlicensed cotton. 
24. Procedure when cotton arrives at a place within a notified area. 
25. Pure seed. 
26. Regulation of the price of cotton. 
27. Grading and marketing of cotton. 
28. Protection of persons acting under this Ordinance. 
29. Power to exempt from the Ordinance and rules. 
30. Power of Government to frame rules. 
31. Repeal and savings. 
 
 
 
 
 
TEXT 
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THE 
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[PUNJAB] COTTON CONTROL ORDINANCE, 1966 
(XX of 1966) 
[11 May 1966] 
An 
Ordinance 
to amend and consolidate the law relating to control over the production, processing 
and sale of cotton, and other matters incidental thereto. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to 
control over the production, processing and sale of cotton, and other matters 
incidental thereto; 
 AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Paki stan is not in session, 
and the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render 
immediate legislation necessary; 
 Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) 
of Article 79 of the Constitution, the G overnor of West Pakistan is p leased to make 
and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called 
the 
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[Punjab] Cotton Control Ordinance, 1966. 
 (2) It extends to the whole of the Province of 
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[the Punjab] , except the 
Tribal Areas. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the 
following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to 
them, that is to say– 
(a) “admixture of cotton” means such mixture of different varieties of cotton 
as may be prescribed; 
(b) “Advisory Committee” means a committee established under section 3; 
(c) “bale” means any pressed package of cotton 
5
[with standard net weight 
of 170 kgs . and variation of 5% plus/mi nus at 8.5% moisture content, 
 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on May  8, 1966 , published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 8, 1966, pp. 1297-1234; approved by the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan on June  
8, 1966, under clause (3) of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962).  
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f.  14.8.1973), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp.  1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 88. 
3Ibid. 
4Ibid. 
5Substituted for the words “ of whatever size or density ” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance,  2002 (LVI of 2002), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2811-2815, s. 2(i). 
and with average weight of 17000 kgs. for a lot of 100 bales with 
variation upto plus/minus 3%]; 
(d) “Board” means the Cotton Control Board established under section 3; 
1
[(dd) “contamination” means  mixture of any foreign matte r, especially the 
fibre other than cotton, as may be prescribed;] 
(e) “cotton” means ginned or unginned cotton or pressed and baled cotton 
or cotton waste; 
(f) “cotton dealer” means a person or a firm or a company, dealing in 
cotton, which received five hundred mounds or more of cotton or cotton 
seed in any one month during the cotton year; 
(g) “cotton ginning factory” means any premises including the precincts 
thereof, where cotton is ginned or where cotton fibre is separated f rom 
cotton-seed, by any process whatever involving the use of power; 
(h) “cotton pressing factory” means any premises, including the precincts 
thereof, in which cotton is pressed into bales with the aid of power; 
(i) “cotton seed oil factory” means any pre mises including the precincts  
thereof, where cotton seed is pressed, with the aid of power, for the 
extraction of oil, whether or not the same machinery is used for the 
extraction of oil from any other type of seed; 
(j) “cotton waste” includes droppings, s trippings, fly, fuzz and othe r waste 
products of a cotton mill, or of a cotton ginning factory, or of a cotton 
pressing factory, but does not include yarn waste; 
(k) “cotton year” means the year beginning from 
2
[1st August] to 
3
[31st July] 
of the following year; 
(l) “
4
[Director General of Agriculture (Ext. & AR) Punjab, Executive District 
Officer Agriculture, District Officer Agriculture (Extension) and Deputy 
District Officer Agriculture (Extension)”] respectively mean the persons 
appointed by Government t o perform the functions of a 
5
[Director 
General of Agriculture (Ext. & AR) Punjab, Executive District Officer 
Agriculture, District Officer Agriculture (Extension), Deputy District 
Officer Agriculture (Extension)], as the case may be; 
(m) “factory” means a cotton ginning or cotton pressing or a cotton seed oil 
factory, as the context may require; 
 
1Added for the words “of whatever size or density” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 2(ii). 
2Substituted for the words “1st September” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 2(iii). 
3Substituted for the words “31st August” by the Ordinance ibid. 
4Substituted for the words “Direct or of Agriculture, Deputy D irector of Agriculture and Extra Assistant Director of Agriculture” by the 
Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance,  2001 (XXIV of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated August 
13, 2001, pp. 1711-1712, s. 2(i). 
5Substituted for the words “Director of Agriculture, Deputy Director of Agriculture, an Extra Assistant Director of Agriculture” by 
the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XXIV of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary ), 
dated August 13, 2001, pp. 1711-1712, s. 2(ii). 
(n) “Government” means the 
1
[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; 
2
[(nn) “Inspector” means an officer or person appointed as Inspector under 
section 5 of this Ordinance;] 
(o) “licence” means a licence granted under this Ordinance; 
(p) “cotton market” means any building or area where transactions in 
ginned or unginned cotton, or in cotton seed, whether spot or forward, 
are conducted for the time being; 
(q) “notified area” means an area notified as such under section 22; 
(r) “occupier” means the person who has ultimate control of the affairs of a 
factory, 
3
[whether as owner or otherwise]  and includes the Manager or 
Managing Agent of the factory and any other person or  persons 
authorised to represent the occupier; 
4
[(rr) “owner” means a person who owns a factory and includes an allottee 
thereof;] 
(s) “power” means power generated by electricity or heat engine, and 
includes any other power except animal and human power; 
(t) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; 
(u) “pure seed” means such cotton seed as has been declared pure by the 
prescribed authority; 
(v) “variety” means any variety of cotton approved by Government and 
notified under this Ordinance. 
3. Constitution of Co tton Control Board and Advisory Committees .– (1) 
Government shall establish for the whole of 
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[the Punjab] a Cotton Control Board. 
 (2) Government may also constitute Advisory Committees for the Province 
or parts thereof. 
 (3) The Board and each Advisory C ommittee shall be constituted in such 
manner and shall consist of such number of members as may be prescribed. 
4. Powers and duties of the Board and the Advisory Committees .– The 
Board and the Advisory Committees shall exercise  such powers and perform such  
functions and their business shall be conducted in such manner and in accordance 
with such procedure as may be prescribed. 
 
1Substituted for the words “Government of West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f.  
14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974 , pp. 1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read 
with Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 88. 
2Added by the West Pakistan Cotton Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp. 266-A-266-D, s. 2(i). 
3Inserted by the Ordinance ibid., s. 2(ii). 
4Added by the Ordinance ibid., s. 2(iii). 
5Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f.  14.8.1973), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extrao rdinary), dated November 20 , 1974, pp.  1425-A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with 
Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 88. 
5. Inspectors.– (1) Every 
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[Director General of  Agriculture (Ext. & AR) Punjab, 
Executive District Off icer Agriculture, District Of ficer Agriculture (Extension), Deputy 
District Officer  Agriculture (Extension)  and Cotton Inspector] , shall be an ex-officio 
Inspector for the purposes of this Ordinance within his respective jurisdiction. 
 (2) Government may, by notification, 
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[appoint any person] to exercise and 
perform all or any of the powers and duties conferred or imposed upon an Inspector 
by or under this Ordinance, within such local limits as Government may specify. 
 (3) An Inspector may– 
(a) on his own motion or on receipt of a com plaint that there has been a 
contravention of any provision of this Ordinance, cause any cotton or 
the contents of any package or bale or a sample of cotton taken from a 
factory in the process of ginning to be examined by the p rescribed 
authority; and 
(b) enter into and inspect during the usual working hours any factory for 
the purpose of ascertaining whether there is, or has been, any 
contravention therein of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of 
any rule made thereunde r, or of any of the condition s subject to which 
a licence has been granted to the factory and take samples from all 
such articles in respect of which an offence punishable under this 
Ordinance appears to have been committed. 
 (4) An Inspector shall exercis e such other powers and perfo rm such 
functions as may be prescribed. 
 
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[(5) An Inspector appointed under sub -section (2), shall be deemed to be a 
public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code.] 
6. Administration of the Ordinance.– Government may, by notification, appoint 
an officer to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and duties conferred or 
imposed on Government under this Ordinance. 
7. Licence for working cotton ginning or cotton pressing or cotton seed oil 
factories.– 
4
[(1) No factory shall b e worked without a licence and an identification 
number granted to the owner thereof by such authority, in such form, on payment of 
such fees payable for each year or otherwise, as may be prescribed, and subject to 
the conditions that the factory shall have– 
(a) an adequate number of raised and ‘pucca’ platforms as specified by 
Government through notification; 
 
1Substituted for the words “Director of Agriculture, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Extra Assistant Director of Agriculture” by the 
Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ord inance, 2001 (XXIV of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 
August 13, 2001, pp. 1711-1712, s. 3. 
2Substituted for the words “appoint any other officer under its control” by the West Pakistan Cotton Contro l (Punjab 
Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp.  266-A-
266-D, s. 3(i). 
3Added by the West Pakistan Cotton Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published in the P unjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp. 266-A-266-D, s. 3(ii). 
4Substituted by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2811-2815, s. 2(iii) which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
(b) a pre -cleaning machinery as specified by Government through 
notification; 
(c) a lint clearing machinery; 
(d) proper maintenance and upkeep of ginning machinery; 
(e) availability of technical staff as specified by Government through 
notification; 
(f) availability of PCSI standard grade boxes for seed, cotton and lint; and 
(g) any other condition that may be specified by Government through 
notification.] 
 (2) A licence granted under this section shall be valid for such period and 
shall be subject to such conditions as may be prescribed. 
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[
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[(3) The authority competent to grant a licence under this section may, after 
giving the owner an opportunity of being heard, cancel or suspend the licence or 
refuse its renewal, for such period as it may deem fit, on the ground of non -fulfilment 
of any condition laid down under sub -section (1) and non -payment of any fee 
specified under c lause (l) of sub -section (2) of section 30 or violation of any other 
provision of this Ordinance.]] 
 
3
[(3-A) Any owner aggrieved by an order passed under sub -section (3) may, 
within seven days of the order, prefer an appeal before Government, whose decisio n 
shall be final.]  
 
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[Provided that no order under this sub -section shall be passed unless an 
opportunity of being heard is given to the appellant.] 
 (4) A licence granted under this section shall cease to have effect seven 
days after the expiry of the co tton year for which the presc ribed annual fee payable 
in respect of the licence has been paid. 
 
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[(5) If any person works a factory in respect of which a licence has not 
been granted or renewed or has been suspended or cancelled, the Inspector shall 
seal t he factory and occupier there of shall be punishable with imprisonment which 
may extend to six months but not less than one month and with fine which may 
extend to fifteen thousand rupees.] 
8. Maintenance of registers .– (1) The occupier of every cotton ginn ing factory 
shall maintain at the factory, in such form as may be prescribed– 
 
1Substituted by the West Paki stan Cotton Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp. 266-A-266-D, s. 4(ii). 
2Substituted by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance , 2002 (LVI of 2002), publi shed in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2811-2815, s. 3(ii). 
3Added by the West Pakistan Cotton Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp. 266-A-266-D, s. 4(iii). 
4Added by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1985 (VII of 1985), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated February 23, 1985, s. 2. 
5Substituted by the Punjab Cotton Control  (Amendment) Ordinance, 200 2 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2811-2815, s. 3(iii) which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, not withstanding the maximum li mit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
(a) a register containing the record of the amount of cotton received daily 
in the factory for ginning, the names of persons from whom it is 
received, and the quantity received from each person, and 
(b) a ginning register containing a record of the dates on which the cotton 
has been ginned for each person. 
 (2) The occupier of every cotton pressing factory shall maintain at the 
factory, in such form as may be prescribed, a press r egister containing a daily record 
of the number of bales pressed in the factory, the serial number of each bale, and 
the name of the person for whom it has been pressed. 
 (3) The occupier of every cotton seed oil factory shall maintain such 
registers as may be prescribed. 
 (4) The occ upier of a factory shall be bound to produce the registers 
maintained under this section whenever so required by an Inspector and the 
occupier of a cotton pressing factory shall be bound to furnish to the prescribed 
authority, if so required by it in writi ng, a copy, certified as correct by the occupier, of 
the entry relating to any specified bale, made in the press register maintained at the 
factory under the provisions of sub-section (2). 
 (5) No register required to be mainta ined under this section shall  be 
destroyed until after the expiration of three years from the date of the last entry borne 
by it. 
 (6) If– 
(i) in any factory, any register required to be maintained under this section 
is not maintained or is maintained in a  form other than the prescrib ed 
form; or 
(ii) any entry in any such register is proved to be false in any material 
particular; or 
(iii) any such register is destroyed before the expiration of the period 
referred to in sub-section (5),  
the occupier of the factory shall be punishable with 
1
[imprisonment which may extend 
to three months and with fine not less than fifteen thousand rupees]. 
 (7) If the occupier of any factory fails to produce any register or to furnish a 
certified copy of an entry when so requ ired under sub -section (4), o r furnishes a 
certified copy of such entry knowing or having reason to believe such copy to be 
false, he shall be punishable with fine 
2
[not less than fifteen thousand rupees] , and if 
he has previously been convicted of any off ence under this sub-section, 
3
[he shall be 
punishable with imprisonment not less than three months]. 
 
1Substituted for the words “fine which may extend to five hundred rupees” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) 
Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 
4(i) which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, 
notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months pre scribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan. 
2Substituted for the words “which may extend to five hundred rupees” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 4(ii). 
3Substituted for the words “the fine may extend to one thousand rupees” by the Ordinance ibid. 
9. Liability on change of occupancy .– (1) A change in the occupancy of any 
factory shall be intimated, in writing to the prescribed authority by both the p revious 
and the new occupier, within thirty days of the date on which the change takes place. 
 (2) On a change in the occupancy of any factory– 
(a) the previous occupier shall hand over to the new occupier the registers 
maintained in respect of the factory under section 8 and obtain from the 
new occupier a receipt in this behalf; and 
(b) the new occupier shall forthwith report to the prescribed authority any 
default on the part of the previous occupier in complying with the 
provisions of this sub -section or  in maintaining the registers  in 
accordance with the provisions of section 8. 
 (3) If default is made by the previous occupier in handing over to the new 
occupier any register which he is required to hand over to him, or either of them 
makes default in mak ing any report, the previous or the new occupier, as the case 
may be, shall be punishable with fine 
1
[not less than fifteen thousand rupees]. 
10. Returns of a ginning factory .– (1) The occupier of every cotton ginning 
factory shall furnish to the prescribe d authority, within such time  and in such form as 
may be prescribed, weekly returns showing the quantity of cotton ginned in the 
factory– 
(a) during the preceding week; and 
(b) since the commencement of the cotton year to the end of that week. 
 (2) The prescribed authority shall compile from the weekly returns received 
under sub-section (1), a statement showing the total quantity of cotton ginned in the 
Province during the week to which the returns relate and from the commencement of 
the cotton year to the end of that week and publish such statement in such manner 
as Government may direct: 
 Provided that the quantity of cotton ginned in any individual factory shall not 
be published. 
 (3) If default is made in furnishing any return as required by sub -section 
(1), the occupier of the fact ory shall be punishable with fine 
2
[not less than fifteen 
thousand rupees]. 
 (4) Where the occupier of a ginning factory has notified to the prescribed 
authority that the work of ginning cotton in that factory has been suspende d, it shall 
not be necessary for him to submit weekly returns under sub -section (1) until such 
work has been resumed. 
11. Returns of a pressing factory .– (1) The occupier of every cotton pressing 
factory shall furnish to the prescribed authority, within su ch time and in such form as 
 
1Substituted for the words “which may extend to five hundred rupees” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 
2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2811-2815, s. 5 which will 
remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the 
maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Ibid., s. 6. 
may be prescribed, weekly returns showing the total number of bales of cotton 
pressed in the factory– 
(a) during the preceding week and their approximate average net weight; 
and 
(b) since the commencement of the cotton year to the end of that week. 
 (2) The prescribed authority shall compile from the weekly returns received 
under sub-section (1), a statement showing the total number of bales pressed in the 
Province during the week to which the returns relate and from the commence ment of 
the cotton year to th e end of that week, and publish such statement in such manner 
as Government may direct: 
 Provided that the number of bales pressed in an individual factory shall not be 
published. 
 (3) If default is made in furnishing any retur n as required by sub -section 
(1), the occupier of the factory shall be punishable with 
1
[imprisonment which may 
extend to three months but not less than one month and with fine not less than 
fifteen thousand rupees]. 
 (4) Where the occupier of a cotton pre ssing factory has notified to  the 
prescribed authority that the work of pressing bales in that factory has been 
suspended, it shall not be necessary for him to submit weekly returns under sub -
section (1) until such work has been resumed. 
2
[11-A. Submission of monthly returns by cotton  ginning and cotton pressing 
factories.– (1) The occupier of every cotton ginning factory and cotton pressing 
factory shall furnish to the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form as 
may be prescribed, monthly re turns showing quantity of cot ton received in the 
factory– 
(a) during the preceding month; and 
(b) since the commencement of the cotton year to the end of that month. 
 (2) If default is made in furnishing any return as required by sub -section 
(1), the occup ier of the factory shall be p unished with 
3
[imprisonment which may 
extend to three months but not less than one month and with fine not less than 
fifteen thousand rupees]. 
 (3) Where the occupier of the factory has notified to the prescribed 
authority that the work of ginning cotton o r pressing cotton bales in that factory has 
been suspended, it shall not be necessary for him to submit monthly returns under 
sub-section (1) until the work is resumed.] 
 
1Substituted for the words “fine which may extend to five hundred rupees” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) 
Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp. 2811-2815, s. 
7 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding 
the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Added by the West  Pakistan Cotton Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp. 266-A-266-D, s. 8. 
3Substituted for the words “fine which may extend to one thous and rupees” by the Punjab C otton Control (Amendment) 
Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 
8 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Ord er 1999 (9 of 1999), Articl e 4, notwithstanding 
the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
12. Returns of a cotton seed oil factory.– (1) The occupier of every cotton seed 
oil factory shall furnish to the prescribed authority, within such time and in such form 
as may be prescribed, weekly returns showing the quantity of cotton seed crushed in 
the factory– 
(a) during the preceding week; and 
(b) since the commencement of the cotton year to the end of that week. 
 (2) The prescribed authority shall compile from the weekly returns received 
under sub-section (1), a statement showing the total quantity of cotton seed crushed 
in the Province during the week to  which the returns relate and  from the 
commencement of the cotton year to the end of that week, and publish such 
statement in such manner as Government may direct: 
 Provided that the quantity of cotton seed crushed in any individual factory 
shall not be published. 
 (3) If default is m ade in furnishing any return as required by sub -section 
(1), the occupier of the factory shall be punishable with fine 
1
[not less than fifteen 
thousand rupees]. 
 (4) Where the occupier of a cotton seed oil factory has notified to the 
prescribed authority t hat the work of crushing cotton seed in that factory has been 
suspended, it shall not be necessary for him to submit weekly returns under sub -
section (1) until such work has been resumed. 
13. Marking of bales .– (1) The occupier  of every cotton pressing  factory shall 
cause every bale pressed in the factory to be marked, in such manner as may be 
prescribed, before it is removed from the factory, with a serial number and with the 
mark prescribed for the factory. 
 (2) Every bale wh ich contains cotton from the crop relating to the current 
cotton year mixed with cotton from the crop relating to any previous cotton year shall 
be clearly marked, in the prescribed manner, to distinguish it from the bales 
containing exclusively cotton from the crop relating to the current cotton year. 
 (3) If any bale is removed from the premises of any cotton pressing factory 
without having been marked  
2
[or is stored without marking beyond one week] , as 
required by sub -section (1) or sub -section (2), the occupier of the factory shall  be 
punishable with imprisonment which may extend to 
3
[three months but not less than 
one month]. 
14. Scales and weights .– (1) No scales or weights shall be used in any factory 
other than the scales and weights prescribed under  the 
4
[Punjab Weights and 
Measures (International System) Enforcement Act, 1975 (LII of 1975)]. 
 
1Substituted for the words “which may extend to five hundred rupees” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 9. 
2Inserted by the  Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 10 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 199 9), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
3Substituted for the words “one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both, for e very bale of cotton in 
respect of which such contravention has taken place” by the Ordinance ibid. 
4Substituted for the words, comma and bracket “Punjab Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1965 (XXXIII of 1965)” by the 
Ordinance ibid., s. 11(i). 
 
1
[(1-a) The occupier of every cotton ginning factory shall install a weighbridge 
within the premises of his factory.] 
 (2) If in any factory, any scales or wei ghts are used in contravention of the 
provisions of sub-section (1), the occupier of the factory shall be punishable with fine 
2
[not less than fifteen thousand rupees]. 
15. Structural requirements.– (1) No person shall commence the construction of 
any new factory or any extension of a n existing factory, which is likely to increase its 
capacity for ginning or pressing cotton or crushing cotton seed, unless he has been 
granted a licence under this sub -section by such authority, in such form, subject to 
such conditions and on payment of such fees, as may be prescribed. 
 (2) A licence under sub -section (1) shall be valid for such period as may 
be specified therein, and may be revalidated, on payment of the prescribed fee,  
3
[by 
the competent authority for a specified period].  
 (3) In the ca se of cotton ginning factories, the construction of which is 
commenced after the commencement of this Ordinance– 
(a) gin-houses shall be provided with separate entrances and exit s for the 
bringing in of unginned and the taking out of ginned cotton, 
respectively; and 
(b) the factories shall be constructed in accordance with plans and 
specifications previously approved by the prescribed authority: 
 Provided that nothing in this sub -section shall apply to any factory in which 
only roller gins are used and where the number of such gins is not more than four. 
 (4) In any cotton ginning factory, whether constructed before or after the 
commencement of this Ordinance– 
(a) no alterations or additions, whether structural or in plant or mac hinery, 
shall be made so as t o minimise the degree of compliance of the 
factory as a whole with the requirements set forth in clauses ( a) and (b) 
of sub-section (3); 
4
[*] 
(b) every addition, whether structural or in plant or machinery, made after 
the comme ncement of this Ordinance, sh all be made in accordance 
with the plans and specifications previously approved by the prescribed 
authority 
5
[;] 
6
[and] 
 
1Added by the Ordinance ibid., s. 11(ii). 
2Substituted for the words and comma “which may extend to five hundred rupees or, if he has been previously convicted of any 
offence under this sub-section with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 11(iii). 
3Substituted for the words “for subsequent periods not exceeding two years from the date of issue of the licence by the 
authority competent to grant the same.” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 20 02 (LVI of 2002), published  
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 12(i) which will remain in force under the 
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum li mit of three months 
prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
4Deleted the word “and” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 12(ii). 
5Substituted for colon by the Ordinance ibid., s. 12(iii). 
6Added by the Ordinance ibid. 
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[(c) the saws of each and every ginning machine shall be replaced with 
new ones after ginning of three thousand bales:] 
 Provided that nothing in this sub -section shall apply to any factory in which, 
after any alteration or addition has been made, only single roller gins, not more than 
four in number, are left. 
 (5) The occupier of a cotton ginning factory, wh ether erected before or 
after the coming into force of this Ordinance, shall provide in the factory such 
number of delinting machines as the prescribed authority may, by order in writing, 
direct. 
 (6) The occupier of every cotton pressing factory, in which  cotton is 
handled on the ground floor, shall cause the pressing-house to be paved or provided 
with other suitable flooring to the satisfaction of the prescribed authority. 
 (7) If the occupier of any 
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[small gin or middle gin] factory fails to comply 
with any of the provisions of thi s section applicable to the factory or, an order made 
under sub-section (5), he shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend 
to 
3
[six months but not less than one month]. 
 (8) Where the occupier of a factory has been convicted of an offence 
punishable under sub -section (7), the prescribed authority may serve on him an 
order in writing directing that such alterations shall be made, or so many delinting 
machines shall be provided in the factory, by a specified date, as i n the opinion of 
the authority, are necessary to secure compliance with the provisions of sub -section 
(3), (4), (5) or (6), as the case may be. 
 (9) Where the alterations are not carried out or the delinting machines are 
not provided, in accordance with th e order served on the occupie r of the factory 
under sub -section (8), the prescribed authority may serve on the occupier of the 
factory an order in writing directing that the work of ginning or pressing of cotton in 
such factory shall be suspended until the  alterations have been carrie d out or the 
delinting machines have been provided in accordance with the order made under 
sub-section (8). 
 (10) The occupier of a factory shall be liable to fine  
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[not less than five 
thousand rupees] for each day on which cot ton is ginned or pressed in t he factory in 
contravention of an order served on him under sub-section (9). 
Explanation.– For the purposes of this section, the equivalents of other types of 
gins, such as double roller gins and saw gins, in terms of single ro ller gins, shall be 
such as may be prescribed. 
16. Prohibition on admixture of different varieties of cotton .– Government 
may, by notification, declare that in any area specified in such notification, 
1
[no 
 
1Inserted by the Ordinance ibid. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s.  12(iv) which will remain in force under the Provis ional 
Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed 
under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
3Substituted for the words and comma “ three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or with both ” by 
the Ordinance ibid. 
4Substituted for the words “which may extend to fifty rupees” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 12(v). 
variety except the one allowed shall be grown] no cotton which contains an 
admixture of different varieties of cotton, in excess of the prescribed limits, shall be 
ginned or pressed in any factory  
2
[and no person shall sell seed of any variety/hybrid 
except the one allowed to be grown in the area]. 
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[17. Punishment for admixture, adu lteration, contamination and watering 
cotton.– (1) Any occupier of a factory or any other person– 
(a) who handles or facilitate handling cotton in any cloth made of other 
than cotton fiber, uses twines made of any fiber other t han cotton, 
waters seed cotto n or lint beyond specified limits (more than 
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[8.5]%) 
allows any foreign substance i.e. jute fiber, jute twines, polypropylene 
bags, human/animal hair, confectionary wrappers, etc. etc., gins or 
presses or allows such cotton to  be ginned or pressed in such  factory; 
or 
(b) who, in any area specified in the notification under section 16, gins or 
presses or allows to be ginned or pressed any cotton which he knows 
or has reasons to believe to contain an admixture of different variet ies 
of cotton; shall be punis hable with imprisonment which may extend to 
six months and with fine which shall not be less than fifteen thousand 
rupees. 
 (2) Any owner of cotton who knowingly waters or causes to be watered 
any cotton to be ginned, or which being already ginned, and is intended to be 
pressed in a factory or mixes or causes to be mixed other varieties, seed, foreign 
substance or cotton waste with such cotton, or who abets or knowingly allows or 
connives at any such act, shall be punishable wit h imprisonment which may exte nd 
to six months and with fine which may extend to fifteen thousand rupees. 
Explanation.– For the purposes of this section, cotton shall not be deemed to be 
watered unless such cotton contains moisture in excess of the normal q uantity (not 
more than 10%), that is to say, the amount of moisture that any given quantity of 
cotton is reasonably expected to have, regard being had to the place or places and 
the time or times of the year in which such cotton has been picked, collected,  stored, 
conveyed, left, ginned or pressed.] 
18. Determination of occupiers for purposes of punishments under this 
Ordinance.– (1) Where the occupier of a factory is– 
 
1Inserted by the Ordinance ibid., s. 13. 
2Inserted by the Punjab Cotton  Control (Amendment) Ordina nce, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 13 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4,  notwithstanding the maximu m limit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
3Substituted by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XI of 2001), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated  July 18 , 2001, pp. 1245 -1246, s.  2 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
4Substituted for the figure “10” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the 
Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s.  14 which will remain in force under the 
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months 
prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
(a) a firm or other association of individuals, every partner of such firm or 
member of s uch association shall be liab le to be prosecuted and 
punished under this Ordinance, for any offence for which the occupier 
of the factory is punishable; 
(b) a company, all the directors thereof, or, in the case of a private 
company, all the share-holders thereof, shall be liable to be prosecuted 
and punished under this Ordinance for any offence for which the 
occupier of the factory is punishable: 
 Provided that the firm, association or company may give notice to the 
prescribed authority that it has nominate d one of its partners or memb ers, or, as the 
case may be, a director (or, in the case of a private company, a share -holder) to be 
the occupier of the factory for the purposes of this section, and such partner, 
member, director or share -holder, as the case may be, shall thereupon be de emed 
to be the occupier of the factory for the purposes of this section, until further notice 
cancelling his nomination is received by the prescribed authority or until he ceases to 
be a partner, member, director or share-holder. 
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[19. Cognizance and prose cution of offences .– (1) The offences punishable 
under this Ordinance shall be cognizable and non -bailable; provided that a police 
officer shall not register or investigate a case relating to an offence except on a 
complaint by  the Inspector, and the Publi c Prosecutor shall be responsible for 
conducting prosecution of offences under this Ordinance. 
 (2) No court inferior to that of a Magistrate  of first class shall try an offence 
punishable under this Ordinance.] 
20. Power to re ject un -marked bales in fulfi llment of contracts .– (1) Any 
person, who has made a contract for the purchase of baled cotton, 
2
[shall] require 
that no bales other than bales marked with the mark prescribed under section 13 for 
the factory in which they were  pressed, shall be supplied i n fulfillment of such 
contract, and, if he does so require, no bales not so marked shall be tendered in 
fulfillment of the contract. 
 (2) Any bale marked in accordance with the provisions of section 13 shall, 
within the meaning  of the Evidence Act, 1872 (I  of 1872) be presumed for all 
purposes as between the parties to a contract for the purchase of baled cotton, to 
have been so marked before leaving the factory in which it was pressed. 
21. Growing of particular varieties .– (1) Government may, by notificati on, 
prohibit the growing of all or any varieties of cotton in a particular area. 
 (2) Whoever, in contravention of a notification issued under sub -section 
(1), grows any cotton or any variety of cotton in an area where its grow ing is 
 
1Substituted by the Pu njab Cotton Control (Amendm ent) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 15 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999),  Article 4, notwithstanding  the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Substituted for the word “may” by the Ordinance ibid., s. 16. 
prohibited shall be pu nishable with fine which may extend to  
1
[not less than fifteen 
thousand rupees for every acre put under such prohibited variety]. 
22. Power to issue notification prohibiting import of cotton into specified 
areas.– (1) Government may for the purpose of avoi ding adulteration in the cotton 
grown in any area in the Province, by notification, prohibit the import of any cotton or 
cotton seed or any specified variety or varieties of cotton or cotton seed into an area 
where their cultiv ation is forbidden under this  Ordinance, by rail, road, air or sea, or 
by more than one of such means, save under and in accordance with the conditions 
of a licence granted in the manner, by the authority and on payment of such fee as 
may be prescribed: 
 Provided that no such notifica tion shall be deemed to prohibit the import into 
any notified area of packages containing any kind of cotton samples not exceeding 
ten pounds avoirdupois in weight. 
 (2) Delivery to, and the taking of delivery by, any person, a t any place 
situated within a  notified area, of any cotton, the import of which into that area is 
prohibited, shall be illegal unless such person holds a licence for the import of such 
cotton into that area. 
 
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[(3) Any violation made by a person under this  section shall be punishable 
with fine of five hundred rupees per kg. of cotton lint or seed imported into the 
prohibited zone.] 
23. Refusal to carry unlicensed cotton .– (1) Notwithstanding anything 
contained in the Railways Act, 1890 (IX of 1890), or any other law for the time being 
in force, no person who receives goods for the purposes of transport, whether by rail, 
road, river or any other means, shall so receive at, or forward or allow to be carried 
from, any place any cotton consigned to a place in a notified area, unless both 
places are in the same notified area, or unless the consignor produces a certified 
copy of a licence for the import of the cotton into the notified area in which such 
place is situated. 
 (2) A certified copy of a licence where so produced shall be attached to the 
invoice or way-bill, as the case may be, and shall accompany the consignment to its 
destination, and shall there be dealt with in the prescribed manner. 
24. Procedure when cotton arrives at a place within a notified area .– (1) 
When any cotton, the im port of which into a notified area has been prohibited, has 
been consigned to and arrives at the destination in any such area, no person shall, 
unless both the place of despatch and the place of delivery are situated in the sam e 
notified area, deliver the cotton to the consignee or any other person until he is 
satisfied that the consignee holds a licence for the import of the cotton into the 
notified area; and if the person receiving the cotton or cotton seed is not satisfied 
that the consignee holds a lice nce for the import thereof into the notified area, or if 
within fourteen days from the receipt of the goods the consignee or some person 
 
1Substituted for the  words “five hundred rupe es” by the Punjab Cotton Co ntrol (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 17 which will remain in force 
under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999  (9 of 1999), Article 4, no twithstanding the maximum limit of three 
months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Added by the Ordinance ibid., s. 18. 
acting on his behalf, does not appear in order to take delivery thereof, he shall return 
the cotton to the place of des patch together with an intimation that delivery of the 
cotton has been refused or has not been taken, as the case may be. 
 (2) Any person receiving any cotton returned under sub -section (1) shall 
cause to be served on the consi gnor a notice stating that th e cotton has been so 
returned and requiring the consignor to pay the railway freight and any rates, 
terminal or other charges due in respect of the carriage of the cotton to and from the 
place to which it was consigned, and suc h charges shall be deemed to be due from 
the consignor. 
 (3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 22 or section 23 
or who, without reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie upon him, in 
contravention of the provisions of sub -section (1) of this section, delivers any cotton 
to a consignee or other person, shall be liable on first conviction to a fine 
1
[not less 
than fifteen thousand rupees and upon any subsequent conviction, to imprisonment 
which may extend to six months but not less than one month]. 
25. Pure seed.– Government may direct that any cotton which has been reserved 
wholly or partially for procuring pure seed for sowing purposes by the prescribed 
authority shall not be ginned without special permission from the author ity, which 
may be granted subject to such conditions as may be prescribed in this behalf. 
26. Regulation of the price of cotton .– (1) Government may, by notification, fix 
the maximum and minimum prices which shall be paid for any variety of cotton or 
cotton seed in any cotton market or notified area. 
 
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[(2) Whoever, in contravention of a notification issued under sub -section 
(1), pays less than support price, for any variety of cotton, shall be punishable with 
imprisonment which may extend to three months but not less than one month.] 
27. Grading and marketing of cotton .– Government may, by notification, 
regulate the grading 
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[, standardization]  and marketing of cotton. 
28. Protection of persons acting under this Ordinance .– No suit or other legal 
proceedings shall be instituted agains t any person in respect of any action in good 
faith taken under this Ordinance. 
29. Power to exempt from the Ordinance and rules .– Government may, by 
notification, exempt any factory or class of factories from all or any of the  provisions 
of this Ordinance or the rules framed thereunder. 
 
1Substituted for the words and commas “ not exceeding one thousand rupees, and upon a ny subsequent conviction, to 
imprisonment which may extend to three months, or to a fine which may extend to five thousand rupees, or to both ” by the 
Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in t he Punjab Gazette (Extraord inary), dated 
September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 19 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 
1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed unde r Article 128 of the Constitution 
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Substituted by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 (LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 20 which will remain in force unde r the Provisional Constitution 
(Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 
128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
3Inserted by the Ordinance ibid., s. 21. 
30. Power of Government to frame rules.– (1) Government may, by notification, 
frame rules consistent with this Ordinance to give effect to the provisions of this 
Ordinance. 
 (2) In particular an d without prejudice to the ge nerality of the foregoing 
powers, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:– 
(a) the constitution and functions of the Board and Advisory Committees; 
(b) the appointment, powers and functions of Inspectors; 
(c) the conditions for the grant of licences for working factories; 
(d) the forms in which registers, records and returns shall be maintained or 
furnished by occupiers of factories, and the inspection of such registers 
and records; 
(e) the allotment of a special mark to be u sed by each cotton ginning and 
pressing factory; 
(f) the manner in which bales shall be marked; 
(g) the persons or bodies authorised to examine bales or cotton seed 
under sub-section (3) of section 5; 
(h) the substances 
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[and their extent which shall const itute an admixture , 
adulteration and contamination of cotton]; 
(i) the time within which the returns required by sections 10, 11, and 12 
shall be furnished; 
(j) the appointment of authorities for the purposes of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 
11, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22 and 25; 
(k) the manner of service of orders made under section 15; 
(l) the fees to be paid by the 
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[owners] of factories or by cotton dealers or 
by managers of companies at the rates to be prescribed by 
Government, for the  development and improvement of agriculture 
relating to cotton crop, and for meeting the expenses on the 
administration of this Ordinance; 
(m) the manner in which fees shall be realised or recovered; and 
(n) any other matter for which provision is deemed n ecessary in order to 
carry out the purposes of this Ordinance. 
31. Repeal and savings .– (1) The West Punjab Cotton Control Act, 1949 (IV of 
1949), 
3
[the Bahawalpur Cotton Control Act, 1949, the Cotton Act, 1952 (Khairpur Act 
V of 1952)], and the Sind Cotton Control Act, 1954 (I of 1954), are hereby repealed. 
 
1Substituted for the words “which shall constitute and admixture of cotton” by the Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002 
(LVI of 2002), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 26, 2002, pp.  2811-2815, s. 22 which will remain in 
force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three 
months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Substituted for the word “occupier” by the West Pakistan Cotton Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (V of 1972), published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated March 24, 1972, pp. 266-A-266-D, s. 11. 
3Substituted for the commas, words, b rackets and figures “the Ba hawalpur Cotton Control Act, 1949” by the West Pakistan Cotton 
Control (Amendment) Act, 1967 (I of 1967), published in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 15, 1967, pp . 1645-
A-1645, s. 2. 
 (2) Notwithstanding the repeal of the enactments mentioned in sub -section 
(1), anything done, action taken, obligation, liability, penalty or punishment incurred, 
inquiry or proceedings commenced, offi cer appointed or person autho rised, 
jurisdiction or power conferred, rule made, fee imposed or realised and order issued 
under any of the provisions of the said enactments shall, if not inconsistent with the 
provisions of this Ordinance, continue in force and be deemed to have been 
respectively done, taken, incurred, commenced, appointed, authorised, conferred, 
made, imposed, realised or issued under this Ordinance.