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Source transcription retained verbatim; legal completeness, OCR accuracy and current consolidation unverified.", "text_sha256": "bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06", "source_sha256": "bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06", "text_version_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06", "quality_flags": [], "encoding": "UTF-8", "text": "THE WEST PAKISTAN PROHIBITION OF OPIUM SMOKING \r\nORDINANCE, 1960 \r\n(II of 1960) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title and extent \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Prohibition of opium smoking \r\n4. Offences and punishments \r\n5. Penalty when owner fails to give notice of use of place for opium \r\n6. Penalty for keeping or using a place used for opium smoking \r\n7. Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for \r\n8. Presumption raised by presence of opium smoking appliances \r\n9. Search warrants and powers to search \r\n10. Powers of excise officers to search without warrant \r\n11. Procedure for arrest, etc \r\n12. Special powers of excise officer \r\n13. Bail and security \r\n14. Aid to excise officer \r\n15. Confiscation and destruction of opium and things seized \r\n16. Offences to be triable by first class Magistrate only \r\n17. Bar of suits and proceedings \r\n18. Repeal \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE WEST PAKISTAN PROHIBITION OF OPIUM SMOKING ORDINANCE, \r\n1960 \r\n(II of 1960) \r\n[20th January, 1960] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto amend and consolidate the law relating to the prohibition of opium smoking in the \r\nProvince of West Pakistan. \r\nPreamble.– Whereas it is expedient to amend and consolidate the law relating to the \r\nprohibition of opium smoking in the Province of West Pakistan; \r\n Now, therefore, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh \r\nday of October, 1958, and having received the previous instructions of the President, \r\nthe Governor of West Pakistan is pleased, in exercise of all powers enabling him in \r\nthat behalf, to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\n1. Short title and extent.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the West Pakistan \r\nProhibition of Opium Smoking Ordinance, 1960. \r\n2\r\n[(2) It extends to the whole of \r\n3\r\n[Pakistan].] \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to \r\nthem, that is to say– \r\n(a) “Collector” means any off icer appointed by Government to discharge \r\nthroughout any specified local area the functions of a Collector under \r\nthis Ordinance; \r\n(b) “excise officer” means an officer of the Excise Department not below \r\nthe rank of a Sub-Inspector; \r\n(c) “Government” means the \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government]; \r\n(d) “opium” means any product of opium obtained by any series of \r\noperations designed to transform opium into an extract suitable for \r\nsmoking, and the dross or other residue remaining after opium is \r\n \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on 31st July, 1959; published in the West Pakistan \r\nGazette (Ex traordinary), dated 20th July, 1960, pages 83 -88; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the \r\nConstitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). \r\n2Substituted by the West Pakistan Laws (Extension to Karachi) Ordinance, 1964 (VII of 1964); and published in the West Pakistan \r\nGazette (Extraordinary) dated 25.5.1964, pages 1679-1688, see s.2 and Schedule, at s.No.32. \r\n3Substituted for “the Province of West Pakistan, except the Tribal Areas.” by the Federal Adaptation of Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. \r\n4 o f 1975 ); and published in the Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated 1.8.1975, pages 435 -467, see Article 2(1) and \r\nSchedule. \r\n4Substituted ibid., for “Government of West Pakistan.” \r\nsmoked, and includes Chandu, Madhak and every other preparation or \r\nadmixture of opium which may be used for smoking; and \r\n(e) “place” includes a building, house, shop, booth, chhaper, tent, vessel, \r\nraft and vehicle or any part thereof. \r\n3. Prohibition of opium smoking .– No person shall manufacture, possess or \r\nsmoke opium, or possess any implement or appratus used, or capable of being \r\nused, exclusively for the manufacture of opium, or any pipe or utensil for smoking \r\nopium. \r\n4. Offences and punishments.– Whoever contravenes the provisions of section \r\n3 of this Ordinance, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term \r\nwhich may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees \r\nor with both. \r\n5. Penalty when owner fails to give notice of use of place f or opium .– \r\nWhoever being an occupier or owner of, or having any concern in, the management of \r\nany place, permits such place to be used, or knowing or having reason to believe that \r\nsuch place is being or is about to be used for the purposes of opium smoking or \r\nmanufacture of opium in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance, fails either \r\nhimself or through his agent or manager to give the earliest possible notice of such \r\nknowledge or belief to the Collector or to an excise officer or to the officer incharge of \r\nthe nearest police -station, shall be punished with fine which may extend to five \r\nhundred rupees. \r\n6. Penalty for keeping or using a place used for opium smoking .– Whoever \r\nkeeps or uses any place or permits any place to be kept for the purposes of opium \r\nsmoking or manufacture or possession of opium or has in his care or management, or \r\nin any way assists in conducting the business or, any place used or kept for the \r\naforesaid purposes, shall be punished with simple or rigorous imprisonment for a term \r\nwhich may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, \r\nor with both. \r\n7. Penalty for offences not otherwise provided for .– Whoever is guilty of any \r\nact or intentional omission in contravention of any of the provisions of thi s Ordinance \r\nand not otherwise provided for herein shall be punished for every such act or \r\nomission with a fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. \r\n8. Presumption raised by presence of opium smoking appliances.– Whenever \r\nany person is found in possessi on of any pipes or utensils ordinarily used for opium \r\nsmoking or of any apparatus used in the manufacture of opium, it shall be presumed, \r\nunless the contrary is proved, that he has manufactured or smoked opium. \r\n9. Search warrants and powers to search.– If a Collector, a District Magistrate, \r\na Sub -Divisional Magistrate or a magistrate of the first class, upon information \r\nreceived and after such inquiry, if any, as he considers necessary, has reason to \r\nbelieve that any place is being or is likely to be used for the commission of an offence \r\npunishable under section 4,5 or 6, he may issue a warrant to an excise officer \r\nauthorising him– \r\n(a) to enter and search such place by day or night, accompanied by any \r\nperson whose assistance such officer may consider necess ary for the \r\ndiscovery of any opium or any appliance for the preparation of opium or \r\nfor opium smoking in such place; \r\n(b) to arrest and search all or any such persons as may be found in such \r\nplace and reasonably believed by the excise officer to be guilty o f an \r\noffence punishable under this Ordinance, whether they are actually \r\nengaged in opium smoking or not; and \r\n(c) to seize all appliances for opium smoking or for the manufacture of \r\nopium which may be found in such place. \r\n10. Powers of excise officers to se arch without warrant .– (1) Whenever an \r\nexcise officer has reason to believe that an offence punishable under section 4,5 or 6 \r\nhas been, is being or is about to be committed in any place and that a search warrant \r\nunder section 9 cannot be obtained without a ffording the offender an opportunity of \r\nescape or of concealing evidence of the offence, he may, at any time, after recording his \r\nreasons, take such action as he could have taken if a warrant in respect of the said \r\noffence had been issued to him under section 9. \r\n(2) The excise officer taking any action under sub -section (1) shall, as \r\nsoon as possible, intimate in writing the action taken and th e grounds of his belief to \r\nthe Magistrate having jurisdiction in the place. \r\n11. Procedure for arrest, etc .– The p rovisions of the Code of Criminal \r\nProcedure, 1898\r\n5\r\n, relating to arrest, detention in custody, execution of warrants and \r\nsearches shall be applicable to all actions taken in these respects by an excise \r\nofficer under this Ordinance. \r\n12. Special powers of ex cise officer .– (1) Government may, by notification, \r\ninvest\r\n6\r\n any excise officer, by virtue of his appointment, with power to investigate any \r\noffence punishable under this Ordinance committed within the limits of the area in \r\nwhich such officer exercises jurisdiction. \r\n(2) Every excise officer empowered under sub -section (1) may, within the \r\nsaid limits, exercise, as far as may be, the same powers in respect of such \r\ninvestigation as an officer incharge of a police station may exercise in a cognizable \r\ncase under the provisions of Chapter XIV of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 18987. \r\n13. Bail and security .– When any person arrested under this Ordinance is \r\nprepared to furnish bail, he shall be released on bail or, at the discretion of the officer \r\nmaking the arrest, on his own bond. \r\n14. Aid to excise officer .– Every officer of the Police and Revenue Department \r\nshall be bound upon request made in that behalf to render lawful aid to any excise \r\nofficer while acting under the provisions of this Ordinance. \r\n \r\n5V of 1898. \r\n6All excise officers have been invested with powers to inves tigate offences punishable under this Ordinance committed within \r\ntheir respective jurisdiction, see Gazette of West Pakistan, Pt. I., p.266. \r\n7V of 1898. \r\n15. Confiscation and destruction of opium and things seized .– Any \r\nimplement or apparatus used or capable of being used exclusively for the \r\nmanufacture of opium and any pipe or utensil for smoking opium, wherever found, \r\nshall be confiscated and destroyed under the order s of a Magistrate having \r\njurisdiction in the area where such implement, apparatus, pipe or utensil is found. \r\n16. Offences to be triable by first class Magistrate only.– No Magistrate other \r\nthan a Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence punisha ble under this \r\nOrdinance. \r\n17. Bar of suits and proceedings.– No suit or proceedings shall lie in any civil or \r\ncriminal court for any act in good faith done or ordered to be done in pursuance of \r\nthis Ordinance. \r\n18. Repeal.– The enactments specified in the first three columns of the Schedule \r\nare hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the fourth column thereof. \r\n \r\n \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n(See SECTION 18) \r\n \r\nYear No. Short title Extent of repeal \r\n1 2 3 4 \r\n1940 XX The Sind Opium Smoking Act, 1940. The whole. \r\n1948 VII The Bahawalpur State Prohibition of \r\nIntoxicants Act, 1948. \r\n(i) In clause (iv) of section 2, \r\nthe words “and opium \r\nsmoking” \r\n(ii) In section 3, clause (c). \r\n1950 IV The Baluchistan Opium Smoking \r\nRegulation, 1950. \r\nThe whole. \r\n1953 XIII The Punjab Prohibition of Op ium \r\nSmoking Act, 1952. \r\nThe Whole. \r\n1954 IV The North -West Frontier Province \r\nProhibition of Opium Smoking Act, \r\n1954. \r\nThe whole.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-0-1764:2f6788fa9bcf270d4d6a956bbbb5f38322163c2c0462017e0c334ca1ed6a6cb5", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1764, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1770, "passage_sha256": "2f6788fa9bcf270d4d6a956bbbb5f38322163c2c0462017e0c334ca1ed6a6cb5", "reader_fragment": "p-0-1764-2f6788fa9bcf270d" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-1764-3507:54f1d89276487a0c3ac4fed0a20fff393b4019e3d6bc612a971fbefb3cce8358", "character_start": 1764, "character_end": 3507, "utf8_byte_start": 1770, "utf8_byte_end": 3541, "passage_sha256": "54f1d89276487a0c3ac4fed0a20fff393b4019e3d6bc612a971fbefb3cce8358", "reader_fragment": "p-1764-3507-54f1d89276487a0c" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-3507-5265:24645226011c41e22569c1b66bfc08791e11a812f04d4a7645c1f4c230b41c36", "character_start": 3507, "character_end": 5265, "utf8_byte_start": 3541, "utf8_byte_end": 5311, "passage_sha256": "24645226011c41e22569c1b66bfc08791e11a812f04d4a7645c1f4c230b41c36", "reader_fragment": "p-3507-5265-24645226011c41e2" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-5265-7035:99df9e39afdbbdd46029dad1503d2828564fe9cb1466a2c44b843420360049e8", "character_start": 5265, "character_end": 7035, "utf8_byte_start": 5311, "utf8_byte_end": 7089, "passage_sha256": "99df9e39afdbbdd46029dad1503d2828564fe9cb1466a2c44b843420360049e8", "reader_fragment": "p-5265-7035-99df9e39afdbbdd4" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-7035-8783:4ab5d04a2c4020a43a2fa1c7490b479877a40f3c81ed046c2551655f6ea110a3", "character_start": 7035, "character_end": 8783, "utf8_byte_start": 7089, "utf8_byte_end": 8843, "passage_sha256": "4ab5d04a2c4020a43a2fa1c7490b479877a40f3c81ed046c2551655f6ea110a3", "reader_fragment": "p-7035-8783-4ab5d04a2c4020a4" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-8783-10574:c903d808edc8f5e5c78fe777d598784eb82967f5e5fc11ae242c2c19399bbafd", "character_start": 8783, "character_end": 10574, "utf8_byte_start": 8843, "utf8_byte_end": 10646, "passage_sha256": "c903d808edc8f5e5c78fe777d598784eb82967f5e5fc11ae242c2c19399bbafd", "reader_fragment": "p-8783-10574-c903d808edc8f5e5" }, { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-7279ec6ba4d3c0c5:sha256:bd68d5e2bc1e07390f9c084b3e7d73e78080852fc0853dad34d19d32d60e2a06:chars-10574-10998:622c98f7f25c092e5321aea9fbb7e4002d2d8a04457fe1c99cf86c72a58cc142", "character_start": 10574, "character_end": 10998, "utf8_byte_start": 10646, "utf8_byte_end": 11074, "passage_sha256": "622c98f7f25c092e5321aea9fbb7e4002d2d8a04457fe1c99cf86c72a58cc142", "reader_fragment": "p-10574-10998-622c98f7f25c092e" } ] }