THE DERA GHAZI KHAN EXCLUDED AREA ELECTORAL 
LAWS REGULATION, 1950 
(I of 1950) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, Extent and Commencement. 
2. Application of certain Rules. 
 
 
 
 
 
TEXT 
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THE DERA GHAZI KHAN EXCLUDED AREA ELECTORAL LAWS 
REGULATION, 1950 
(I of 1950) 
[9 September 1950] 
1. Short title, Extent and Commencement.– (1) This Regulation may be called 
the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area Electoral Laws Regulation, 1950
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. 
 (2) It shall extend to the Excluded Are a
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 in the Punjab province situated to 
the west of the Dera Ghazi Khan district. 
 (3) It shall come into force with immediate effect. 
2. Application of certain Rules .– All Rules
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 framed under the Government of 
India Act, 1935, in connection with elections to the Punjab Legislative Assembly shall 
apply to the Excluded Area in the Punjab province situated to the west of the Dera 
Ghazi Khan district. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1This Regulation for the peace and good Government of the Excluded Area in the Punjab Province s ituated to the West of the 
Dera Ghazi Khan district having been made by the Governor of the Punjab and having received the assent of the Governor  
General on August 23, 1950, having the force of law under sub -section (2) of section 92 of the Government of I ndia Act, 1935, 
published for general information in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 9, 1950, p. 197.  
2Also see the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area Laws Regulation, 1950 (II of 1950), infra. 
3It was declared in the Ministry of States and  Frontier Regions vide Notification No. D .2162-F/50, dated April  17, 1950, 
published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 17, 1950, p. 287. 
4For Rules, see the Punjab Legislative Assembly Electoral  Rules, 1950, issued vide Notification N o. 2632-Elections, published 
in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated December 23, 1950, pp. 289 -344, also see the Punjab Legislative Assembly 
Electoral Manual, 1951 Edition . Also see Home Department Notification No. 2052 -50/Elec., dated September 9, 1 950, 
published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated September 9, 1950, p. 198.