THE PUNJAB PRIVY PURSES (CHARGED EXPENDITURE) 
ORDINANCE, 1969 
(XLI of 1969) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Payment of privy purses of Rulers of former States 
TEXT 
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THE 
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[PUNJAB] PRIVY PURSES (CHARGED EXPENDITURE) 
ORDINANCE, 1969 
(XLI of 1969) 
[24th November, 1969] 
An 
Ordinance 
to declare the expenditure relating to privy purses of Rulers of former States 
incorporated in the Province of 
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[the Punjab] to be a charge on the Provincial 
Consolidated Fund. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the expenditure relating to privy 
purses of Rulers of former States incorporated in the Province of 
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[the Punjab] to be 
a charge on the Provincial Consolidated Fund; 
 NOW, THEREFORE,  in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th 
March, 1969, read with the Provisional Constitution Order, and in exercise of all 
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to 
make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short ti tle and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the 
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[Punjab] Privy Purses (Charged Expenditure) Ordinance, 1969. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Payment of privy purses of Rulers of former States .– Any sum paid by the 
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[Federal Government] as privy purse to the Ruler of a former State or his successor 
under any agreement for the time being in force between the 
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[Federal Government] 
and such Ruler or his successor shall, if such State has been incorporated into the 
Province of 
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[the Punjab], be charged on the Provincial Consolidated Fund and be re-
                                                 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by Governor of West Pakistan on 18th November, 1969; published in the West Pakistan 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 24th November, 1969, pages 2105 -6; saved by Article 281 of the Interim Constitution of 
Pakistan (1972); and validated by the Validation of Laws Act, 1975 (LXIII of 1975). 
2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
3Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
4Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
5Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
6Substituted for the words “Central Government” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 
14.8.1973, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette  (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425 -A 
to 1425-PP. 
7Substituted for the word s “Central Government” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 
14.8.1973, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette  (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425 -A 
to 1425-PP. 
8Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 14.8.1973, 
Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425-PP. 
imbursed to the 
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[Federal Government] out of the said Fund, and any such sum re -
imbursed to the 
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[Federal Government] before the coming into force of this 
Ordinance shall be deemed to have been so charged and paid. 
                                                 
9Substituted for the word s “Central Government” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 
14.8.1973, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Ext raordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425 -A 
to 1425-PP. 
10Substituted for the word s “Central Government” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (P.O. No. 1 of 1974), w.e.f. 
14.8.1973, Article 2 and the Schedule; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Ext raordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425 -A 
to 1425-PP.