PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (WEST PAKISTAN EXTENSION) ORDINANCE, 1958
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THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (WEST PAKISTAN EXTENSION) ORDINANCE, 1958 (XXXI of 1958)
TEXT 1THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (WEST PAKISTAN EXTENSION) ORDINANCE, 1958 (XXXI of 1958) [20nd December, 1958] An Ordinance to extend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan. Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan in the manner hereinafter appearing;
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the presidential proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:–
Section 1. Short title
This Ordinance may be called the Prevention of Corruption Act (West Pakistan Extension) Ordinance, 1958.
Section 2. Extension of Act II of 1947 to the whole of West Pakistan
The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, (hereinafter called the said Act), shall extend to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan.
Section 3. Amendment of Act II of 1947
In the said Act in its application to the Districts of Kalat, Kharan, Mekran and Las Bela references to any provision of the Pakistan Penal Code 2 or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 3, shall, as far as possible, be deemed to be references to the corresponding provisions of the Tazirat- e-Qalat and Zabata-e-Faujdari Qalat, as the case may be.
Section 4. Repeal
The Bahawalpur Prevention of Corruption Act, 1950, is hereby repealed.
1This Ordinance, which amended and extended Act II of 1947 to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on 19th December, 1958; published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20th Dec., 1958, pages 1713-1714; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). 2XLV of 1860. 3V of 1898.
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CONTENTS 1. Short title 2. Extension of Act II of 1947 to the whole of West Pakistan 3. Amendment of Act II of 1947 4. Repeal
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THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (WEST
PAKISTAN EXTENSION) ORDINANCE, 1958
(XXXI of 1958)
CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Extension of Act II of 1947 to the whole of West Pakistan
3. Amendment of Act II of 1947
4. Repeal
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THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (WEST PAKISTAN
EXTENSION) ORDINANCE, 1958
(XXXI of 1958)
[20nd December, 1958]
An
Ordinance
to extend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, to the whole of the Province of
West Pakistan.
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Prevention of Corruption Act,
1947, to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan in the manner hereinafter
appearing;
NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the presidential proclamat ion of the
seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that
behalf the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and prom ulgate the
following Ordinance:–
1. Short title. – This Ordinance may be called the Prevention of Cor ruption Act
(West Pakistan Extension) Ordinance, 1958.
2. Extension of Act II of 1947 to the whole of West Pakistan. – The
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, (hereinafter called the said Act), shall extend to
the whole of the Province of West Pakistan.
3. Amendment of Act II of 1947. – In the said Act in its application to the
Districts of Kalat, Kharan, Mekran and Las Bela reference s to any provision of the
Pakistan Penal Code
2
or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898
3
, shall , as far as
possible, be deemed to be references to the corresponding provisions of the Tazirat-
e-Qalat and Zabata-e-Faujdari Qalat, as the case may be.
4. Repeal.– The Bahawalpur Prevention of Corruption Act, 1950, is hereby
repealed.
1This Ordinance, which amended and extended Act II of 1947 to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan was promulgated
by the Governor of West Pakistan on 19th December, 1958; published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated
20th Dec., 1958, pages 1713-1714; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan (1962).
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