THE PUNJAB CONTROL OF GOONDAS (REMOVAL OF 
DOUBTS) ORDINANCE, 1972 
(XIII of 1972) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Removal of doubts 
TEXT 
1
THE PUNJAB CONTROL OF GOONDAS (REMOVAL OF DOUBTS) 
ORDINANCE, 1972 
(XIII of 1972) 
[20th April, 1972] 
An 
Ordinance 
to remove certain doubts in regard to the number of Tribunals which can be 
constituted in every district, under the provisions of the West Pakistan
2
 Control of 
Goondas Ordinance, 1959 
Preamble.– WHEREAS certain doubts have arisen in regard to the number of 
Tribunals which can be constituted in every district, under the provisions of the West 
Pakistan
3
 Control of Goondas Ordinance, 1959; 
 NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Martial La w Proclamation of 25th 
March, 1969 read with the Proclamation of 20th December, 1971 and the Provisional 
Constitution Order, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the 
Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promulgate the followi ng 
Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement. – (1) This Ordinance may be called 
the Punjab Control of Goondas (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972. 
(2) It shall extend to the whole of the Province of the Punjab. 
(3) It shall come into force at onc e and shall be deemed to have taken 
effect from the date of the coming into force of the West Pakistan
4
 Control of 
Goondas Ordinance, 1959. 
2. Removal of doubts. – Notwithstanding anything contained in the West 
Pakistan
5
 Control of Goondas Ordinance, 1959 (West Pakistan Ordinance No. XXXV 
of 1959) or any other law, or any decree, judgment or order of any court or other 
authority, the expression “a Tribunal” occurring in sub -section (1) of section 2 of the 
said Ordinance shall mean and be deemed always to hav e meant one or more than 
one Tribunal. 
                                                 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 20th April, 1972; published in the P unjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 20th April, 1972, pages 691-I to 691-J; saved and validated by Articles 268 and 269 of the Constitution of 
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1973). 
2Now “Punjab”, see the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (Punjab  A.O. 1 of 1974) ; and was published in the Punjab 
Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20.11.1974, pages 1425-A to 1425 -PP, see Article 2 and Schedule, Part III, at entry No. 28  
(w.e.f. 14.8.1973). 
3Ibid. 
4Ibid. 
5Ibid.