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Removal of difficulties \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE KINNAIRD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, LAHORE ORDINANCE, 2002 \r\n(LXXV of 2002) \r\n[25th October, 2002] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto reconstitute and reorganize the Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore. \r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedient to reconstitute and reorganize the Kinnaird \r\nCollege for Women, Lahore in co -operation with the Association of the Kannaird \r\nCollege for Women, Lahore being the owner and previous management of the \r\nCollege, and to make provisions connected therewith and ancillary thereto; \r\nAnd whereas the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is dissolved and the \r\nGovernor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take \r\nimmediate action; \r\n And whereas under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) \r\nOrder No.9 of 1999, as amended by the Chief Executive Order No.11 of 2000, the \r\nGovernor of a Province may issue and promulgate an Ordinance; \r\n Now, therefore, in exercise of th e aforesaid powers and all other powers \r\nenabling him in that behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and \r\npromulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the \r\nKinnaird College for Women, Lahore Ordinance, 2002. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the \r\nsubject or context- \r\n(a) “Association” means the Association of the Kinnaird College for \r\nWomen, Lahore; \r\n(b) “Board” means the Board of Governors; \r\n(c) “College” means the Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore; \r\n(d) “Government” means the Government of the Punjab; \r\n(e) “Governor” means the Governor of the Punjab; \r\n(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordina nce; \r\nand \r\n(g) “Principal” means the Principal of the Kinnaird College for Women, \r\nLahore. \r\n \r\n1Promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 25 October 2002; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\n25 October 2002, pages 3099-3104. Under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), it will \r\nremain in force notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the \r\nIslamic Republic of Pakistan. \r\n3. Incorporation.– (1) The College shall be reconstituted and reorganized in \r\naccordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. \r\n (2) The College shall be a body corpora te having perpetual succession \r\nand a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property other than \r\nthat owned by the Association, and shall by the said name sue and be sued. \r\n4. Board of Governors.– (1) The Board shall consist of the following:– \r\n(i) Chairman of the Association; \r\n(ii) Vice Chairman of the Association; \r\n(iii) Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Education Department or \r\nhis nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary; \r\n(iv) Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Law and Parliamentary \r\nAffairs Department or his nominee not below the rank of Additional \r\nSecretary; \r\n(v) Secretary to the Government of the Punjab, Finance Department or his \r\nnominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary; \r\n2[(v-a) three women members of Pro vincial Assembly of the Punjab to be \r\nnominated by the Speaker of the Assembly;] \r\n(vi) eight nominees of the Association; \r\n(vii) one alumnae of the College to be nominated by the Board; \r\n(viii) one member of the teaching staff of the College to be selected by the \r\nBoard; \r\n(ix) Principal, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore; \r\n(x) two distinguished educationists or eminent persons to be nominated by \r\nthe Governor for a period of three years if not prematurely removed by \r\nthe Governor in his discretion; \r\n(xi) Chairman Higher Education Commission or his nominee; and \r\n(xii) the Principal. \r\n (2) Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Association shall be the Chairman \r\nand Vice Chairman respectively of the Board and the Principal shall be the Secretary \r\nof the Board. \r\n5. Powers and func tions of the Board .– (1) The administration and \r\nmanagement of the affairs of the College shall vest in the Board. \r\n (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the \r\nfunctions and powers of the Board shall be to– \r\n(i) take effective me asures to raise the standards of teaching, research \r\nand other academic pursuits in the light of national and international \r\nneeds with special emphasis on education and training in scientific and \r\ntechnological disciplines; \r\n \r\n2Added by the Universities and Institutes Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 (L XIII of 2025), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated: 05 August 2025, pages 615-618, s.2 and Schedule, at serial 11. \r\n \r\n(ii) hold, control and administer the property and funds of the College; \r\n(iii) consider and approve the annual and revised budget estimates; \r\n(iv) transfer and accept transfer of moveable and immoveable property on \r\nbehalf of the College; \r\n(v) enter into and cancel contracts on behalf of the College; \r\n(vi) cause proper books of accounts to be kept for all sums of moneys \r\nreceived and expended by the College, and for the assets and liabilities \r\nof the College; \r\n(vii) invest any money belonging to the College, as the Board may \r\ndetermine, with the like power of varying such investments; \r\n(viii) receive and manage any property transferred, and grants, bequests, \r\ntrusts, gifts, donations, endowments and other contributions made to \r\nthe College; \r\n(ix) govern and regulate the finance, accounts and investments of the \r\nCollege and for that purpose appoint such agents and auditors as the \r\nBoard may deem fit; \r\n(x) determine the form, custody and regulate the use of the Common Seal \r\nof the College; \r\n(xi) provide buildings, libraries, premises, furniture, apparatus, equi pment \r\nand other means required for carrying out the work of the College; \r\n(xii) approve or license hostels or lodgings for the residence of students; \r\n(xiii) institute Professorship, Associate Professorship, Assistant \r\nProfessorship, Lectureship and other tea ching posts or to suspend or \r\nabolish such posts; \r\n(xiv) create, suspend or abolish such teaching, research, training, extension \r\nadministration or other posts as may be necessary and to appoint \r\npersons thereto; \r\n(xv) prescribe the terms and conditions of serv ice of teaching and non -\r\nteaching staff including their qualifications, experience and eligibility for \r\nappointment, and to appoint, confer, suspend, remove, dismiss or take \r\ndisciplinary action against the staff in the prescribed manner; \r\n(xvi) institute Emer itus Professorships and make these appointments on \r\nsuch terms and conditions as may be prescribed; \r\n(xvii) confer Honorary Degrees in accordance with the conditions prescribed; \r\n(xviii) prescribe the duties of officers, teachers and other employees of the \r\nCollege; \r\n(xix) institute fellowships, scholarships, medals and prizes; \r\n(xx) promote cooperation with the Government, national and international \r\norganizations and universities in activities falling within the purview of \r\nthe College; \r\n(xxi) devise and implement participatory, merit based, result oriented and \r\naccountable management with suitable checks and balances; and \r\n(xxii) perform such other functions as have been assigned to it by the other \r\nprovisions of this Ordinance. \r\n6. Principal.– (1) The Government shal l, on recommendation of the Board, \r\nappoint the Principal whose qualifications and terms and conditions of service shall \r\nbe such as may be determined by the Board. \r\n (2) The Principal shall be the Chief Executive of the College and shall \r\nperform such functions as may be prescribed or assigned to him by the Board. \r\n7. Committees.– The Board may constitute such committees as may be \r\ndeemed necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. \r\n8. Appointments.– (1) The College may appoint such persons in its service as \r\nmay be necessary on the terms and conditions as may be determined by the Board. \r\n (2) All persons serving the College, in any capacity, immediately before \r\nthe commencement of this Ordinance, unless absorbed in the service of the College, \r\nshall re main on deputation and shall be liable to be transferred to their parent \r\ndepartment at any time. \r\n9. Delegation of powers .– The Board may delegate to any person or a \r\ncommittee any of its powers, duties or functions. \r\n10. Business of the Board .– (1) The meeti ngs and the business of the Board \r\nshall be conducted in such manner and in accordance with such procedure as may \r\nbe prescribed and until these matters are prescribed, as may be determined by the \r\nBoard. \r\n (2) No act or proceeding of the Board shall be invali d by reasons of any \r\nvacancy or defect in the constitution of the Board. \r\n11. Functions and powers of the College .– The functions and powers of the \r\nCollege shall be to– \r\n(i) provide instruction, tuition, training, research, demonstration and \r\nservice in the fi elds of arts and sciences and applied disciplines at the \r\nundergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels; \r\n(ii) perform academic functions to achieve its objectives; \r\n(iii) prescribe criteria of admission, migration and examination of students; \r\n(iv) admit students and conduct examinations; \r\n(v) award degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic disciplines; \r\n(vi) select, appoint and promote academic and administrative staff; \r\n(vii) frame and prescribe courses of study; \r\n(viii) provide for research and print ing and publication of research and other \r\nworks; \r\n(ix) decide teaching methods and strategies as well as co -curricular \r\nactivities in order to ensure the most effective educational and other \r\nrelated programmes; \r\n(x) accept examinations passed and the periods of study spent by \r\nstudents at other colleges or universities or institutions and places of \r\nlearning as equivalent to such examination and study in the College as \r\nit may determine and to withdraw such acceptance; \r\n(xi) make provisions for research, consultan cy and advisory services and \r\nwith these objectives to enter into arrangements with other institutions \r\nor with public bodies; \r\n(xii) affiliate or associate itself with other institutions within Pakistan or \r\nabroad and to establish facilities in Pakistan or ab road for the effective \r\ndischarge of its functions and responsibilities; \r\n(xiii) introduce, suspend or abolish any of the disciplines; and \r\n(xiv) do such other acts and things whether incidental to the powers \r\naforesaid or not, as may be required in order to f urther the objects of \r\nthe College as a place of education, learning and research. \r\n12. College fund.– (1) There shall be a fund to be known as the Kinnaird College \r\nFund which shall vest in the College and to which shall be credited all sums received \r\nby the College. \r\n (2) The fund shall be kept in such custody and shall be utilized and \r\nregulated in such manner as may be prescribed. \r\n13. Budget, audit and accounts .– The budget of the College shall be approved \r\nand its accounts shall be maintained and audited in s uch manner as may be \r\nprescribed. \r\n14. Rules.– Government may, by notification, make rules not inconsistent with the \r\nprovisions of this Ordinance for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance. \r\n15. Regulations.– The Board may, by notification, make regulati ons not \r\ninconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules made thereunder for \r\nthe administration and management of the affairs of the College. \r\n16. Savings.– Upon the commencement of this Ordinance– \r\n(a) all funds, properties, rights and inte rests of whatsoever kind issued, \r\nused, enjoyed, possessed or owned by the College immediately before \r\nthe commencement of this Ordinance and all liabilities subsisting \r\nagainst the College shall stand transferred to the College established \r\nunder this Ordinance: \r\nProvided that all properties owned by the Association shall continue to \r\nbe owned by the Association; and \r\n(b) everything done, action taken, obligations and liabilities incurred, \r\npersons appointed or authorized, jurisdictions or powers conferred, \r\norders issued and rules or regulations made by or in relation to the \r\nCollege immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance shall \r\nbe deemed to have been respectively done, taken, incurred, acquired, \r\nappointed, conferred, created, made or issued under this Ordinance. \r\n17. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any \r\nprovision of this Ordinance, Government may, on recommendation of the Board, give \r\nsuch directions, not inconsistent with the said provisions, as it may consider \r\nnecessary for the removal of such difficulty.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-0-1771:43f7604d0c74f2d7e2b056995f336732926a3fb3fa3918a0a9f8324bf9277a3d", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1771, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1777, "passage_sha256": "43f7604d0c74f2d7e2b056995f336732926a3fb3fa3918a0a9f8324bf9277a3d", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1771-43f7604d0c74f2d7" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-1771-3524:474d3d9454945c6b93b9baa012ab43f98241ffbcc6fa6bfbf2dc71d60b1111c8", "character_start": 1771, "character_end": 3524, "utf8_byte_start": 1777, "utf8_byte_end": 3566, "passage_sha256": "474d3d9454945c6b93b9baa012ab43f98241ffbcc6fa6bfbf2dc71d60b1111c8", "reader_fragment": "p-1771-3524-474d3d9454945c6b" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-3524-5247:fb2d0bde8bab4616508b317077680401756648c8556f8027d5efbb56345a9d2f", "character_start": 3524, "character_end": 5247, "utf8_byte_start": 3566, "utf8_byte_end": 5293, "passage_sha256": "fb2d0bde8bab4616508b317077680401756648c8556f8027d5efbb56345a9d2f", "reader_fragment": "p-3524-5247-fb2d0bde8bab4616" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-5247-6994:a821c9d4bf12f7b54d75094c496372dadb92719d3d1dcc438670107e5fcf91bd", "character_start": 5247, "character_end": 6994, "utf8_byte_start": 5293, "utf8_byte_end": 7040, "passage_sha256": "a821c9d4bf12f7b54d75094c496372dadb92719d3d1dcc438670107e5fcf91bd", "reader_fragment": "p-5247-6994-a821c9d4bf12f7b5" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-6994-8726:469cab4341fcc239e2d802c2aa7330e1634bc13be712e29c785936a5b4b5710d", "character_start": 6994, "character_end": 8726, "utf8_byte_start": 7040, "utf8_byte_end": 8778, "passage_sha256": "469cab4341fcc239e2d802c2aa7330e1634bc13be712e29c785936a5b4b5710d", "reader_fragment": "p-6994-8726-469cab4341fcc239" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-8726-10511:39781b3f7ba74c5e72a6b623a24f902d3a10c3732a0609e0acac2244a5aa86a3", "character_start": 8726, "character_end": 10511, "utf8_byte_start": 8778, "utf8_byte_end": 10571, "passage_sha256": "39781b3f7ba74c5e72a6b623a24f902d3a10c3732a0609e0acac2244a5aa86a3", "reader_fragment": "p-8726-10511-39781b3f7ba74c5e" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-10511-12306:323550aee80b24150559e2c26dcca9683d74d8cb65cb1d2b399b7e5df9591ed7", "character_start": 10511, "character_end": 12306, "utf8_byte_start": 10571, "utf8_byte_end": 12378, "passage_sha256": "323550aee80b24150559e2c26dcca9683d74d8cb65cb1d2b399b7e5df9591ed7", "reader_fragment": "p-10511-12306-323550aee80b2415" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-5f44cfb794f587d3:sha256:35032651368bd0924de3a95c0750f629d75bb49cced823e6010b1fc9c2a9f5bd:chars-12306-13369:6f0f4ada513f9bbd3f0df78884aa0bea065699445f6dbc8a2d276ed8427ac0c7", "character_start": 12306, "character_end": 13369, "utf8_byte_start": 12378, "utf8_byte_end": 13443, "passage_sha256": "6f0f4ada513f9bbd3f0df78884aa0bea065699445f6dbc8a2d276ed8427ac0c7", "reader_fragment": "p-12306-13369-6f0f4ada513f9bbd" } ] }