THE PUNJAB SUSPENSION OF LOCAL COUNCILS 
ORDINANCE 1999 
(LIV of 1999) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and commencement 
2. Suspension of Local Councils 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB SUSPENSION OF LOCAL COUNCILS ORDINANCE 1999 
(LIV of 1999) 
[14th December, 1999] 
An 
Ordinance 
to provide for the suspension of the Local Council constituted under the Punjab Local 
Government Ordinance 1979 (VI of 1979). 
Preamble.– Whereas it is expedient to suspend the Local Councils constituted under 
the Punjab Local Government Ordinance 1979 (VI of 1979); 
 Now therefore pursuant to the instructions of the Chief Executive of Pakistan 
under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order No.9 of 1999 
(Chief Executive’s Order No.9 of 1 999) the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to 
make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the 
Punjab Suspension of Local Councils Ordinance 1999. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Suspension of Local Councils .– (1) On the  commencement of this 
Ordinance– 
(i) all members of the Local Councils constituted under the Punjab Local 
Government Ordinance 1979 (VI of 1979) shall stand suspended; and 
(ii) all office bearers holding any office  on the basis of being a member of 
the Local Councils referred to in sub -clause (i) shall cease to hold 
office. 
 (2) All powers and functions of the Local Councils shall be exercised and 
performed by such persons or authorities as the Government may appoin t in this 
behalf as Administrators. 
 (3) All funds and property belonging to the Local Councils shall during the 
period of suspension vest in the Government 
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1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 13 December 1999; and publish ed in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 14 December 1999, pp.1543-44. Under Article 4 of the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 
of 1999), it will remain in force notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution 
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 
2Misprinted in the Gazette.