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 
TEXT 
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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repealed. 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). 
2XLV of 1860. 
3V of 1898.