THE DERA GHAZI KHAN EXCLUDED AREA LAWS 
REGULATION, 1950 
(II of 1950) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. 
2. Definitions. 
3. Cessation of the enforcement of certain laws. 
4. Enforcement of Laws. 
5. Savings. 
 
 
TEXT 
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THE DERA GHAZI KHAN EXCLUDED AREA LAWS REGULATION, 1950 
(II of 1950) 
[14 November 1950] 
Regulation for the peace and good Government of the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded 
Area, under section 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935. 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Regulation may be called 
the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area Laws Regulation, 1950. 
 (2) It shall extend to the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area. 
 (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the date
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 when the 
Baluch Area was declared an Excluded Area. 
2. Definitions.– In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires– 
(i) “Baluch Area” means the area lying beyond the western border of Dera 
Ghazi Khan district of the Punjab which was included in the Province of 
The Punjab under the Governor -General’s Order No. 2 of 1950, 
published under the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions, 
Notification No. F.5(1)-F/50, dated 13th April, 1950
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(ii) “Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area” means the Baluch Area declared to 
be an Excluded Area, in the Ministry of States and Frontier Regions 
Notification No. D.2162-F/50, dated the 17th April, 1950
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. 
(iii) “Laws” mean Acts, Ordi nances, Regulations, Rules, Bye -laws, Orders, 
Notifications or any other instruments issued thereunder. 
3. Cessation of the enforcement of certain laws .– All laws which came into 
force in the Baluch Area when that area became a part of the  Province of the Punjab 
and before it was declared an Excluded Area shall, with effect from the date of the 
coming into force of this Regulation, cease to be in force in the Dera Ghazi Khan 
Excluded Area. 
4. Enforcement of Laws.– All such laws as were in force in the Baluc h Area on 
the 14th day of August 1947, shall, as from the date of the coming into force of this 
Regulation, apply to the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area. 
                                                           
1This Regulation for the peace and good Government of the Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area made by the Governor of the 
Punjab, received the assent of the Governor -General on October  19, 1950, published for  general information as having the 
force of law under sub -section (2) of section 92 of the Government of India Act, 1935, in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), 
dated November 14, 1950, pp. 271-272. 
2It was declared  so by the Ministry of States and Frontie r 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. 
3The Pakistan (Punjab Boundary) Order, 1950, (Order No.  G.G.O. 2 of 1950) issued by the Ministry of State s and Frontier 
Regions vide Notification No. F. -5(1)-F./50, dated April 13, 1950, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated 
April 13, 1950, p. 278. 
4Notification No. D.2162-F/50, dated April 17, 1950, published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 17, 1950, 
p. 287. 
5. Savings.– Anything done, any investigation started or any legal proceeding 
instituted in the Baluch Area before the coming into force of this Regulation– 
(i) under any law in force in that area on the 14th day of August 1947; or 
(ii) under any law in force in that area from the date when that area was 
included in the Province of the Punjab till it was dec lared an excluded 
area; 
and not inconsistent with any law made applicable to the Dera Ghazi Khan 
Excluded Area by this Regulation shall be deemed to have been done, started 
or instituted in the said Excluded Area under the corresponding provision of 
the law so made applicable in that Area by this Regulation.