PUNJAB STRATEGIC COORDINATION ACT 2014

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THE PUNJAB STRATEGIC COORDINATION ACT 2014  
(XXV of 2014) 
CONTENTS 
1 Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Provincial Security Council 
4. Provincial Strategic Coordination Board 
5. Functions of the Board 
6. Director General 
7 Directors 
8. Staff 
9. Power to obtain information 
10. Power to appoint advisors and specialists 
11. Power to make rules 
12. Repeal 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB STRATEGIC COORDINATION ACT 2014  
(XXV of 2014) 
[10th November, 2014] 
An 
Act 
to establish the Provincial Security Council and Punjab Strategic Coordination Board. 
Whereas it is expedient to establish the institutional mechanism to take 
effective measures to counter terrorism; to formulate security and counter terrorism 
policy; and to deal with ancillary matters; 
It is enacted as follows:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act shall be cited as the 
Punjab Strategic Coordination Act 2014. 
(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. 
(3) It shall come into force with effect from 7 September 2014. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act: 
(a) “Board” means the Provincial Strategic Coordination Board; 
(b) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council; 
(c) “Council” means the Provincial Security Council; 
(d) “Director General” means the Director General of the Board;  
(e) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; and 
(f) “organization” means any statutory, non -statutory, autonomous or 
semi-autonomous organization of the Government. 
3. Provincial Security Council .– 
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[(1) There shall be a Provinci al Security 
Council consisting of the following:  
(a) Chief Minister;   Chairperson 
(b) Minister for Home;   Vice Chairperson 
(c) Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs; Member 
(d) two members of the Provincial Assembly of the Members 
 Punjab, to be nominated by the Government; 
(e) Chief Secretary of the Government;  Member 
(f) Secretary to the Government, Home Department; Member 
                                                        
1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 27 October 2014; assented to by the Governor of the  Punjab on 08 
November 2014; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 10 November 2014, pages 1695-1697. 
2Substituted by the Punjab Strategic Coordination (Ame ndment) Act 2015 (V of 2015); and published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 24.2.2015, pages 2415-2416, s.2. 
(g) Provincial Police Officer, Punjab; Member 
(h) three persons to be nominated by the Government, Members 
 each for a term of two years; and 
(i) Director General. Member/Secretary] 
(2) The Council may co-opt any other person for a meeting of the Council. 
(3) The Council shall perform the following functions:  
(a) to approve a provincial security and counter terrorism policy; 
(b) to supervise coordination with the Federal security and intelligence 
agencies; 
(c) to review and monitor coordination amongst security and criminal 
justice agencies in the Province;  
(d) to approve steps to be taken for improvement of security and , law and 
order; and 
(e) to exercise general supervision over working of the Board. 
(4) The Council shall meet at least once in a month or whenever it is 
convened by the Chairperson. 
(5) The Council shall determine its own procedure. 
4. Provincial Strategic Coord ination Board .– (1) The Government shall, by 
notification, establish a Provincial Strategic Coordination Board. 
(2) The Board shall consist of the following: 
(a) Chief Secretary of the Government; Convener 
(b) Secretary to the Government,  Member 
Home Department;  
(c) Secretary to the Government, Member 
 Prosecution Department; 
(d) Provincial Police Officer, Punjab; Member 
(e) Additional Inspector General Member 
 (Special Branch), Punjab;  
(f) Additional Inspector General Member 
 (Counter Terrorism Department), Punjab; 
(g) three persons to be nominated by the  Members 
 Government each for a term of two years; and 
(h) Director General. Member/Secretary 
(3) Six members of the Board shall constitute the quorum for a meeting of 
the Board but a Secretary to the G overnment may be represented in the meeting by 
an officer of the Department not below the rank of an Additional Secretary. 
5. Functions of the Board.– The Board shall: 
(a) assist the Council in the formulation of provincial security and counter 
terrorism policy; 
(b) monitor compliance with the provincial security and counter terrorism 
policy; 
(c) improve coordination between security and criminal justice agencies; 
(d) support institutional development and formulation of standard operating 
procedures; 
(e) conduct, promote and coordinate research in relation to its mandate; 
(f) publish reports, statistics, research, monographs and other 
publications;  
(g) support de-radicalization through public information; 
(h) support evidence led planning; 
(i) maintain a database of information; 
(j) monitor performance of provincial security and criminal justice 
agencies; 
(k) issue guidance notes; and 
(l) report and advise the Council upon matters of security and law and 
order. 
6. Director General .– (1) The administration of  the Board shall vest in the 
Director General. 
(2) The Director General shall be an officer of the Government with such 
experience of the security and justice sector as may be prescribed. 
(3) The Director General shall draw such pay and allowance s as may b e 
determined by the Government. 
7. Directors.– (1) The Board shall have the following five Directors: 
(a) Director Administration and Finance; 
(b) Director Research and Analysis; 
(c) Director Policy and Strategy Development; 
(d) Director Systems Development; and 
(e) Director Monitoring and Coordination. 
(2) The Directors shall work under the control and supervision of the 
Director General. 
(3) A Director shall draw such pay and allowance s as may be determined 
by the Government. 
8. Staff.– There shall be such number of other officers and staff of the Board as 
the Government may determine. 
9. Power to obtain information .– The Board may obtain such information from 
any department or organization as it may consider appropriate and the department 
or organization shall supply such information and in such format as may be called for 
by the Board. 
10. Power to appoint advisors and specialists .– The Board may appoint 
advisors, consultants and specialists to undertake research and analysis on security 
related issues. 
11. Power to make rules .– The Government may, by notification in official 
Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 
12.  Repeal.– The Punjab Strategic Coordination Ordinance 2014 (IX of 2014) is 
hereby repealed.