THE PUNJAB LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS 
(DISSOLUTION) (EXTENSION OF LIMITATION) 
ORDINANCE, 1971 
(XXV of 1971) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Extension of limitation. 
TEXT 
1
THE PUNJAB LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS (DISSOLUTION) 
(EXTENSION OF LIMITATION) ORDINANCE, 1971 
(XXV of 1971) 
[2nd December, 1971] 
An 
Ordinance 
to provide for extension of limitation in certain matters relating to Union Councils. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for extension of limitation 
in certain matters relating to Union Councils in the manner hereinafter appearing; 
 NOW, THEREFORE , in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th 
March, 1969, read with the Provisional Constit ution Order, and in exercise of all 
powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make 
and promulgate the following Ordinance:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called 
the Punjab Local Gover nment Institutions (Dissolution) (Extension of Limitation) 
Ordinance, 1971. 
 (2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab. 
 (3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Extension of limitation .– Where any act or thing required under any law to 
be done within a pa rticular period could not or cannot be done within that period on 
account of the dissolution of Union Councils in pursuance of Martial Law Order 
No.21, promulgated by the Chief Martial Law Administrator, the period during which 
it could not or cannot be so  done, as the case may be, shall, notwithstanding 
anything contained in such law, be excluded for the purpose of computing the period 
for which the act or thing is required to be done under that law. 
Explanation.– For the purposes of this section the expre ssion “Union Council’ shall 
have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 
1961 and the Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961. 
                                                 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab, on 30th November, 1971; published in t he Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 2nd December, 1971, pages 1509 -F to 1509 -G; saved by Article 281 of the Interim Constitution of the 
Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1972); and, validated by the Validation of  Laws Act, 1975 (LXIII of 1975); and publis hed in the 
Gazette of Pakistan (Extraordinary), Part I, dated 29.7.1975.