PUNJAB COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION OF TRANSPORTATION FEE) ACT, 1974

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THE PUNJAB COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION OF 
TRANSPORTATION FEE) ACT, 1974 
(XI of 1974) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and extent 
2. Validation of transportation fee under West Punjab Act IV of 1949 and 
Bahawalpur Cotton Control Act, 1949 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEE) ACT, 1974 
(XI of 1974) 
[25th October, 1974] 
An 
Act 
to validate the levy, charging, collection and realisation of transportation fee under 
the West Punjab Cotton (Control) Act, 1949, and the Bahawalpur Cotton (Control) 
Act, 1949. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to validate the levy, charging, collection and 
realisation of transportation fee under the West Punjab Cotton (Control) Act, 1949 
and the Bahawalpur Cotton (Control) Act, 1949; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title and extent.– (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Cotton Control 
(Validation of Transportation Fee) Act, 1974. 
 (2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. 
2. Validation of transportation fee under West Punjab Act IV of 1949 and 
Bahawalpur Cotton Control Act, 1949. – 
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[(1)] Notwithstanding any omission or 
anything to the contrary contained in the West Punjab Cotton (Control) Act, 1949, or 
the Bahawalpur Cotton (Control) A ct, 1949 (both since repealed) or the rules made 
thereunder, or anything to the contrary contained in any decree, judgement or order 
of any court or other authority, the transportation fee levied, charged, collected or 
realised under the provisions of the above said Acts shall be deemed to have been 
validly levied, or as the case may be, charged, collected or realised. 
 
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[(2) Where any fee referred to in sub -section (1) has not been paid or 
realised before the coming into force of this Act, or if so paid or  realised, has been 
refunded or adjusted against other fees payable under the above said Acts or the 
Punjab Cotton Control Ordinance, 1966, the same shall be recoverable in 
accordance with the provisions of the Punjab Cotton Control Ordinance, 1966 
(Ordinance No. XX of 1966).] 
                                                 
1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 7th October, 1974; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 25th 
October, 1974; and, published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 25th October, 1974, pages 1356-A to 1356-B. 
2Proviso omitted and r enumbered as sub -section (1) by the Punjab Cotton Control (Validation of Transportation Fee) 
(Amendment) Act, 1976 (VIII of 1976); and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated 19.4.1976, s.2. 
3Added by the Punjab Cotton Control (Validation of Transportation Fee) (Amendment) Act, 1976 (VIII of 1976); and published in 
the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated 19.4.1976, s.2.