THE SPORTS (DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL) 
ORDINANCE, 1962 
(XVI of 1962) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and communication 
2. Definition 
3. Establishment of the Board 
4. Name, Constitution, Powers and functions of a Board 
5. Exclusive right to make Rules for the development, control and 
uniformity of Sports throughout Pakistan 
TEXT 
THE SPORTS (DEVELOPMENT AND CONTROL) ORDINANCE, 1962 
(XVI of 1962) 
[2nd May, 1962] 
An 
Ordinance 
to regulate the development and control of Sports 
WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate the development and control of Sports 
in Pakistan; 
 Now, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the seventh day o f 
October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the 
President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
PART-I 
1. Short title, extent and communication .– (1) This Ordinance shall be called 
the Sports (Development and control) Ordinance, 1962  
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan  
(3) It shall come into force at once 
2. Definition.– In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the 
subject or context,– 
(i) “Sports shall include Hockey, Football, Ath letics, wrestling, Cricket, 
Weight-lifting, Squash Rackets, Swimming, Boxing, Cycling, 
Basketball, Golf, Volley -ball, Rifle Shooting, Table Tennis, Badminton, 
Lawn Tennis, Polo, R acing, Body-building, Skiing, Mountaineering and 
any other activity which the  Central Government may, by notification in 
the official Gazette, specify. 
(ii) “Board” means a Board constituted under this Ordinance for the control 
of Sports in Pakistan. 
PART-II 
3. Establishment of the Board .– (1) As soon as may be after the 
commencement of this  Ordinance, the Central Government may, for the  purpose of 
promoting and developing uniform standards of competition in sports in Pakistan 
comparable to the standards prevailing internationally and regulating and controlling 
sports in Pakistan on  a national basis, by notification in the official Gazette, 
constitute
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, one or more boards for the control of Sports in Pakistan. 
(2) A Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a 
common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose o f property, both movable and 
immovable. 
4.  Name, Constitution, Powers and functions of a Board .– The name, 
Constitution, powers and function s of a Board  shall be such as may be determined
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by the Central Government 
5.  Exclusive right to make Rules for t he development, c ontrol and 
uniformity of Sports throughout Pakistan .– A Board may make rules and 
regulations for carrying its objects into effect.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
1or such a Board, see Gaz. of P.,1962, Ext., p.716c and for the Pakistan Sports Control Board, see ibid., pp.733--734. 
2For the Pakistan Turf Club Rules, 1962, see Gaz. of P.,1962, Ext., pp. 716c --716f, and for the Pakistan Sports Control Board 
Rules, 1962, see ibid., pp. 734—738