THE WEST PAKISTAN COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION 
OF LEVY OF FEES) ORDINANCE, 1966 
(XIII of 1966) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and extent. 
2. Validation of levy of fees, etc., from occupiers of cotton factories, etc. 
 
 
 
TEXT 
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THE WEST PAKISTAN COTTON CONTROL (VALIDATION OF LEVY OF 
FEES) ORDINANCE, 1966 
(XIII of 1966) 
[27 April 1966] 
An 
Ordinance 
to validate the levy, charging, collection and realization of fees from the occupiers of 
cotton factories, cotton dealers and managers of companies. 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient  to validate the levy, charging, collection and 
realization of fees from the occupiers of cotton ginning, cotton pressing and cotton 
seed oil factories, cotton dealers and managers of com panies, for the period from 
24th March, 1949 to 3rd January, 1954; 
 AND WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session 
and the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render 
immediate legislation necessary; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) 
of Article 79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make 
and promulgate the following Ordinance, namely:– 
1. Short title and extent.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the West Pakistan 
Cotton Control (Validation of Levy of Fees) Ordinance, 1966. 
 (2) It extends to the Districts of Campbellpur
2
, Dera Ghazi Khan, 
Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jhelum, Jhang, Lahore, Lyallpur
3
, Mianwali, Montgomery
4
, 
Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Sialkot. 
2. Validation of lev y of fees, etc., from occupiers of cotton factories, etc .– 
Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (p) of section 30 of the West Punjab 
Cotton (Control) Act, 1949 (Punjab Act IV of 1 949), before its amendment by the 
Punjab Cotton (Control) (Amendment)  Act, 1953 (Punjab Act I of 1954), or any 
judgment or decree of any Court, the fees levied, charged, collected or realized from 
the occupiers of cotton ginning, cotton pressing or cotton seed oil factories, cotton 
dealers or managers of companies for the p eriod from 24 th March, 1949 to 3 rd 
January, 1954, in accordance with the provisions of the said clause (p) as 
substituted by the Punjab Cotton (Control) (Amendment) Act, 1953, shall be de emed 
to have been validly levied, charged, collected or realised, as the case may be, and 
where any such fees have not been paid or realized before the coming into force of 
 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on April  24, 1966,  published in the Gazette of West 
Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated  April 27, 1966, pp. 1023-1024; and approved by the Provincial Assembly of West Pakist an on 
May 31, 1966, under clause (3) of Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962). 
2Now Attock. 
3Now Faisalabad. 
4Now Sahiwal. 
this Ordinance, the same shall be recoverable in accordance with the provisions of 
the said clause (p) as substituted by the Punjab Cotton (Control) (Am endment) Act, 
1953.