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  "title": "PUNJAB PRE-EMPTION (REMOVAL OF DOUBTS) ORDINANCE, 1972",
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  "text": "THE PUNJAB PRE-EMPTION (REMOVAL OF DOUBTS) \r\nORDINANCE, 1972 \r\n(XI of 1972) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title and commencement \r\n2. Removal of doubts \r\n3. Restoration and fresh disposal of suits, etc \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB PRE-EMPTION (REMOVAL OF DOUBTS) ORDINANCE, 1972 \r\n(XI of 1972) \r\n[12th April, 1972] \r\nAn \r\nOrdinance \r\nto make provision for the removal of doubts in regard to the existence of right of pre-\r\nemption in respect of the sale of certain properties. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS doubts have arisen in regard to the existence of right of pre -\r\nemption in respect of the sale of certain properties; \r\n AND, WHEREAS it is expedient to remove such doubts; \r\n NOW, THERE FORE, in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th \r\nMarch, 1969 read with the Proclamation of 20th December, 1971 and the Provisional \r\nConstitution Order, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the \r\nGovernor of the Punjab is please d to make and prom ulgate the following \r\nOrdinance:– \r\n1. Short title and commencement .– (1) This Ordinance may be called the \r\nPunjab Pre-emption (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken \r\neffect from the 7th January, 1972. \r\n2. Removal of doubts .–Notwithstanding anything contained in the Punjab Pre -\r\nemption Act, 1913 or any other law, or notification No. 6461 -71/3316-LRIII, dated the \r\n23rd November, 1971, issued by the Board of Revenue, Punjab, and p ublished in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette of 7 th January, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the notification), \r\nor any decree, judgment or order of any court, or any proceeding pending before any \r\ncourt, the notification shall not apply to any sale of agricultural land or other \r\nimmovable property unless– \r\n(a) such sale is in respect of the agricultural land or other immovable \r\nproperty described in the Schedule to this Ordinance and is in favour of \r\na person displaced from Mianwali District by the construction of \r\nChashma Barrage; and \r\n(b) it is certified by the Commissioner of Sargodha Division that such \r\nperson has been so affected by the construction of the said Barrage. \r\n3. Restoration and fresh disposal of suits, etc .– All suits, appeals and other \r\nproceedings decided after the issuance of the notification on the basis of any \r\ninterpretation of the notification inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance \r\nshall stand restored and be decided afresh. \r\n \r\n                                                 \r\n1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab on 12 th April, 1972; published in the Punj ab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated 12th April, 1972, pages 517 to 519; saved and validated by Articles 268 and 269 of the Constitution of the \r\nIslamic Republic of Pakistan (1973). \r\nSCHEDULE \r\n1. Agricultural land not exceeding fifty acres in a canal irrig ated area situated in \r\nMianwali District or Khushab Tehsil of Sargodha District. \r\n2. Agricultural land not exceeding one hundred acres in an area other than canal \r\nirrigated area situated in Mianwali District or Khushab Tehsil of Sargodha \r\nDistrict. \r\n3. Other immovable property, situated in Mianwali District or Khushab Tehsil of \r\nSargodha District, the market value of which does not exceed rupees ten \r\nthousand.",
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