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  "title": "WEST PAKISTAN COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION OF LEVY OF FEES) ORDINANCE, 1966",
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  "text": "THE WEST PAKISTAN COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION \r\nOF LEVY OF FEES) ORDINANCE, 1966 \r\n(XIII of 1966) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title and extent. \r\n2. Validation of levy of fees, etc., from occupiers of cotton factories, etc. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE WEST PAKISTAN COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION OF LEVY OF \r\nFEES) ORDINANCE, 1966 \r\n(XIII of 1966) \r\n[27 April 1966] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto validate the levy, charging, collection and realization of fees from the occupiers of \r\ncotton factories, cotton dealers and managers of companies. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient  to validate the levy, charging, collection and \r\nrealization of fees from the occupiers of cotton ginning, cotton pressing and cotton \r\nseed oil factories, cotton dealers and managers of com panies, for the period from \r\n24th March, 1949 to 3rd January, 1954; \r\n AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session \r\nand the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render \r\nimmediate legislation necessary; \r\n NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) \r\nof Article 79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make \r\nand promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:– \r\n1. Short title and extent.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the West Pakistan \r\nCotton Control (Validation of Levy of Fees) Ordinance, 1966. \r\n (2) It extends to the Districts of Campbellpur\r\n2\r\n, Dera Ghazi Khan, \r\nGujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum, Jhang, Lahore, Lyallpur\r\n3\r\n, Mianwali, Montgomery\r\n4\r\n, \r\nMultan, Muzaffargarh, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Sialkot. \r\n2. Validation of lev y of fees, etc., from occupiers of cotton factories, etc .– \r\nNotwithstanding anything contained in clause (p) of section 30 of the West Punjab \r\nCotton (Control) Act, 1949 (Punjab Act IV of 1 949), before its amendment by the \r\nPunjab Cotton (Control) (Amendment)  Act, 1953 (Punjab Act I of 1954), or any \r\njudgment or decree of any Court, the fees levied, charged, collected or realized from \r\nthe occupiers of cotton ginning, cotton pressing or cotton seed oil factories, cotton \r\ndealers or managers of companies for the p eriod from 24 th March, 1949 to 3 rd \r\nJanuary, 1954, in accordance with the provisions of the said clause (p) as \r\nsubstituted by the Punjab Cotton (Control) (Amendment) Act, 1953, shall be de emed \r\nto have been validly levied, charged, collected or realised, as the case may be, and \r\nwhere any such fees have not been paid or realized before the coming into force of \r\n \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on April  24, 1966,  published in the Gazette of West \r\nPakistan (Extraordinary), dated  April 27, 1966, pp. 1023-1024; and approved by the Provincial Assembly of West Pakist an on \r\nMay 31, 1966, under clause (3) of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). \r\n2Now Attock. \r\n3Now Faisalabad. \r\n4Now Sahiwal. \r\nthis Ordinance, the same shall be recoverable in accordance with the provisions of \r\nthe said clause (p) as substituted by the Punjab Cotton (Control) (Am endment) Act, \r\n1953.",
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