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  "text": "THE SPORTS (DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL) \r\nORDINANCE, 1962 \r\n(XVI of 1962) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and communication \r\n2. Definition \r\n3. Establishment of the Board \r\n4. Name, Constitution, Powers and functions of a Board \r\n5. Exclusive right to make Rules for the development, control and \r\nuniformity of Sports throughout Pakistan \r\nTEXT \r\nTHE SPORTS (DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL) ORDINANCE, 1962 \r\n(XVI of 1962) \r\n[2nd May, 1962] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto regulate the development and control of Sports \r\nWHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the development and control of Sports \r\nin Pakistan; \r\n Now, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the seventh day o f \r\nOctober, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the \r\nPresident is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– \r\nPART-I \r\n1. Short title, extent and communication .– (1) This Ordinance shall be called \r\nthe Sports (Development and control) Ordinance, 1962  \r\n(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan  \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once \r\n2. Definition.– In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the \r\nsubject or context,– \r\n(i) “Sports shall include Hockey, Football, Ath letics, wrestling, Cricket, \r\nWeight-lifting, Squash Rackets, Swimming, Boxing, Cycling, \r\nBasketball, Golf, Volley -ball, Rifle Shooting, Table Tennis, Badminton, \r\nLawn Tennis, Polo, R acing, Body-building, Skiing, Mountaineering and \r\nany other activity which the  Central Government may, by notification in \r\nthe official Gazette, specify. \r\n(ii) “Board” means a Board constituted under this Ordinance for the control \r\nof Sports in Pakistan. \r\nPART-II \r\n3. Establishment of the Board .– (1) As soon as may be after the \r\ncommencement of this  Ordinance, the Central Government may, for the  purpose of \r\npromoting and developing uniform standards of competition in sports in Pakistan \r\ncomparable to the standards prevailing internationally and regulating and controlling \r\nsports in Pakistan on  a national basis, by notification in the official Gazette, \r\nconstitute\r\n1\r\n, one or more boards for the control of Sports in Pakistan. \r\n(2) A Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a \r\ncommon seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose o f property, both movable and \r\nimmovable. \r\n4.  Name, Constitution, Powers and functions of a Board .– The name, \r\nConstitution, powers and function s of a Board  shall be such as may be determined\r\n2\r\n \r\nby the Central Government \r\n5.  Exclusive right to make Rules for t he development, c ontrol and \r\nuniformity of Sports throughout Pakistan .– A Board may make rules and \r\nregulations for carrying its objects into effect.    \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n                                                           \r\n1or such a Board, see Gaz. of P.,1962, Ext., p.716c and for the Pakistan Sports Control Board, see ibid., pp.733--734. \r\n2For the Pakistan Turf Club Rules, 1962, see Gaz. of P.,1962, Ext., pp. 716c --716f, and for the Pakistan Sports Control Board \r\nRules, 1962, see ibid., pp. 734—738",
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