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  "title": "PUNJAB PUBLIC DEFENDERS SERVICE ACT 2007 (REPEAL) ACT 2012",
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  "text": "THE PUNJAB PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE ACT 2007 \r\n(REPEAL) ACT 2012\r\n(XL of 2012)\r\nCONTENTS\r\n1. Short title and commencement\r\n2. Repeal of Act XIV of 2007\r\n2\r\nTEXT\r\nTHE PUNJAB PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE ACT 2007 (REPEAL) ACT 2012\r\n(XL OF 2012)\r\n[22nd June, 2012]\r\nAn\r\nAct\r\nto repeal the Punjab Public Defender Service Act, 2007 (XIV of 2007).\r\nWhereas it is expedient to repeal the Punjab Public Defender Service Act 2007  \r\n(XIV of 2007);\r\nIt is enacted as follows:–\r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab  \r\nPublic Defender Service Act 2007 (Repeal) Act 2012.\r\n(2) It shall come into force at once.\r\n2. Repeal of Act XIV of 2007.– The Punjab Public Defender Service Act 2007 (XIV  \r\nof 2007) is hereby repealed.",
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