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  "text": "THE MIANI SAHIB GRAVEYARD ORDINANCE, 1962 \r\n(XLIV of 1962) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title and commencement. \r\n2. Definitions. \r\n3. Continuance of the Martial Law Order No. 131. \r\n4. Final Notifications. \r\n5. Vesting of graveyard and property. \r\n6. Penalty. \r\n7. Indemnity. \r\nSCHEDULE \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE MIANI SAHIB GRAVEYARD ORDINANCE, 1962 \r\n(XLIV of 1962) \r\n[7 June 1962] \r\nAn  \r\nOrdinance  \r\nto continue the provisions of Martial Law Order No.131 issued by the Martial Law \r\nAdministrator, Zone ‘B’ and to promote the functions of the Lahore Graveyard \r\nCommittee constituted under the \r\n2\r\n[Punjab] Graveyards (Preservation and \r\nMaintenance) Act, 1958. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS the Lahore Graveyard Committee constituted under the \r\n3\r\n[Punjab] Graveyards (Preservation and Maintenance) Act, 1958 (West Pakistan Act \r\nNo. XXV of 1958) w as charged with the functions of preservation and maintenance \r\nof the Miani Sahib Graveyard; \r\n AND, WHEREAS, the Administrator, Martial Law Zone ‘B’ issued Martial Law \r\nOrder No. 131 whereby the Miani Sahib Graveyard Committee was required to \r\nremove encroachm ents and unauthorised structures from the Miani Sahib \r\nGraveyard; \r\n AND, WHEREAS, the said Martial Law Order shall stand repealed with effect \r\nfrom the commencing day of the Constitution; \r\n AND, WHEREAS, it is expedient to continue the provisions of the said M artial \r\nLaw Order and to promote the functions of the Lahore Graveyard Committee in the \r\nmanner hereinafter appearing; \r\n NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the \r\nseventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that \r\nbehalf, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the \r\nfollowing Ordinance:- \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the \r\nMiani Sahib Graveyard Ordinance, 1962. \r\n (2) It shall come into force on the  expiry of Martial Law Order No. 131 \r\nissued by the Martial Law Administrator, Zone ‘B’ (hereinafter referred to as the said \r\nMartial Law Order). \r\n2. \r\n4\r\n[Definitions].– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the \r\nfollowing expressions shall ha ve the meanings hereby respectively assigned to \r\nthem, that is to say– \r\n                                                           \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on June 7, 1962 , published in the Gazette of West \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated June 7, 1962, p p. 2331-2334; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the \r\nConstitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pak istan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974)  (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read  with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Entry No. 57.  \r\n3Ibid.  \r\n4Misprinted in the Gazette. \r\n(a) “Act” means the \r\n1\r\n[Punjab] Graveyards (Preservation and Maintenance) \r\nAct, 1958 (West Pakistan Act XXV of 1958); \r\n(b) “Government” means the \r\n2\r\n[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; \r\n(c) “Lahore Graveyard Committee” means the Committee constituted \r\nunder the West Pakistan Government Social Welfare and Local \r\nGovernment Department’s Notification No. W/34-3/58, dated the 25th of \r\nMarch, 1959, as modified from time to time; \r\n(d) “Miani Sahib Grav eyard” means the area specified in the Schedule \r\nsubject to any subsequent modification made by the Miani Sahib \r\nGraveyard Committee under the orders of the Assistant Sub -\r\nAdministrator, Martial Law, Lahore; \r\n(e) “Miani Sahib Graveyard Committee” means the Com mittee set up \r\nunder the orders of the Sub -Administrator, Martial Law, No.  3 Sector, \r\nfor the purpose of defining limits of the Miani Sahib Graveyard and for \r\nremoving encroachments thereon. \r\n3. Continuance of the Martial Law Order No. 131 .– The said Martial L aw \r\nOrder shall, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, be continued and be deemed \r\nto have been enacted in this Ordinance. \r\n4. Final Notifications.– (1) The Miani Sahib Graveyard Committee shall act in \r\npursuance of the provisions of the said Martial Law Order. \r\n (2) When action under sub -section (1) has been completed, Government \r\nshall issue a final notification defining the limits of the Miani Sahib Graveyard. \r\n (3) The notification issued under sub -section (2) shall be deemed to be a \r\nnotification issued  under section 12 of the Act as if it has been issued under that \r\nsection after the provisions of sections 4 to 11 of the Act have been complied with. \r\n5. Vesting of graveyard and property .– On the publication of the notification \r\nunder sub -section (2) of sec tion 4, the possession of Miani Sahib Graveyard as \r\ndescribed in that notification, together with any property held by the Miani Sahib \r\nGraveyard Committee shall vest in the Lahore Graveyard Committee and shall be \r\ndealt with by the Lahore Graveyard Committee  in accordance with the provisions of \r\nthe Act. \r\n6. Penalty.– Any person who contravenes or attempts to contravene or abets \r\nthe contravention of the said Martial Law Order or this  Ordinance, or any direction or \r\ndirections issued by the Miani Sahib Graveyard Committee or the Lahore Graveyard \r\nCommittee in pursuance of the said Martial Law Order or the said Ordinance or the \r\nrules framed thereunder, as the case may be, shall, without prejudice to any other \r\npunishment to which he may be liable under any law for th e time being in force, be \r\npunishable with imprisonment which may be extended to three years or with fine \r\nwhich may extend to five thousand rupees or with both. \r\n                                                           \r\n1Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974  (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Entry No. 57.  \r\n2Substituted for the words “Government of the Province of West Pakistan” by the Order ibid. \r\n7. Indemnity.– No suit or legal proceedings shall lie against any person or \r\nauthority for anythi ng which is in good faith done or intended to be done in \r\npursuance of the said Martial Law Order or this Ordinance. \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n The following Khasras situated in Moza Mozang, Tehsil and District Lahore, namely:– \r\nBLOCK ‘A’ \r\n6614, 6615, 6616, 6620, 6621, 6622,  6623, 6624, 6625, 6626, 6627, 6628, 6629, 6630, \r\n6631, 6632, 6633, 6634, 6635, 6643, 6644, 6645, 6646, 6647, 6648, 6649, 6651, 6652, \r\n6653, 6656, 66 57, 6658, 6659, 12653/6660, 126 56/6660, 12657/6660, 6667, 6710, 6716, \r\n6718, 6719, 6729, 6721, 6722, 6723, 672 4, 6725, 6726, 6727, 6728, 6729, 6730, 6731, \r\n6732, 6733, 6734, 6735, 6736, 6737, 6738, 6739, 6740, 6741, 6742, 6743, 6744, 6745, \r\n6746, 6751 (Min) 6754, 6755, 6758, 6759, 6760, 6761, 6762, 6763, 9946/6764, 9947/6764, \r\n9948/6764, 9949/6764, 9950/6764, 9951/67 65, 9952/6765, 9956/6768, 9957/6768, 6767, \r\n6768 (Min), 6766, 6769, 6770, 6771, 6772, 6773, 6774, 6775, 6776, 6777, 6778, 6779, \r\n6780, 6781, 6782, 6783, 6784, 6785, 6786, 6787, 6788, 6789, 6791, 6793, 6794, 6752  \r\n(Min), 6662, 6663, 6664, 6672, \r\nBLOCK ‘B’ \r\n6733. \r\nBLOCK ‘C’ \r\n6816, 6817, 6818, 6878, 6879, 6906, 6907, 6909, 6917, 6918. \r\nBLOCK ‘D’ \r\n7388, 7389, 7390. \r\nBLOCK ‘E’ \r\n5981, 5984, 5985, 5986, 6046, 6047, 6049, 6050, 6051, 6239, 6309  (Min), 6310, 6311, \r\n6312, 6313, 6314, 7421, 7422, 7443, 7444, 7445. \r\nBLOCK ‘F’ \r\n4703, 4706, 4707, 4708, 4719, 4725, 4726, 4727, 4728, 9892/4743 , 9893/4743, 9894/4744, \r\n9895/4744, 4746, 4747, 4832, 12533/4833, 4834, 4835, 4836, 4837, 9005/4838, 9906/4838, \r\n5072, 5075, 5 077, 5078, 5079, 5087, 5088, 5090, 5091, 5092, 5093, 5094, 5095, 5785, \r\n5786, 5795, 5796, 5797, 5798, 5799, 5800, 5802, 5805, 5827, 5829, 5830, 5831, 5832 ‘M’ \r\n5860, 5859 ‘M’. \r\n5861, 5862, 5863, 5864, 5865(M), 5866, 5867, 5868, 5869, 5869/1, 5869/2, 5869/3, 5869/4, \r\n5869/5, 5869/6, 5869/7, 5869/8, 5869/9, 5869/10, 5 869/11, 5869/12, 5870, 6315, 63 16, \r\n6317, 6318, 6319, 6320, 6321, 6350, 6472, 6473, 6478, 10673/6552, 10680/6552/3, \r\n16080/6552/4, 10680/6552/5, 10680/6552/35/1, 10680/6552/35/2, 10680/6552/35/3, \r\n10680/6552/35/4, 10680/6552/35/5, 10680/6552/  35/6, 10680/6552/35/7, 10686/6552 /35/8, \r\n10680/6552/35/9, 10680/  6552/35/10, 10680/6552/35/11, 10680/6552/35/12, \r\n10680/6552/35/13, 6553, 6554, 6555, 10686/6558, 10687/65 58, 10688/6558, 10689/6558, \r\n6559, 6569, 6561, 6562, 6561/1, 6563, 6564, 6565, 6566, 6567, 6568, 6560, 6570, 6571, \r\n6572, 6 573, 6574, 6575, 6576, 6577, 6578, 6579, 6580, 6581, 6582, 6583, 6586, 6587, \r\n6588, 6589, 6590, 6591, 6592 ‘M’, 6593 ‘M’, 9945/6596, 6367/1, 6577/1. \r\nBLOCK ‘G’ \r\n5775, 5776, 5774, 5778, 5792.",
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