WEST PAKISTAN FOODSTUFFS (CONTROL) (PUNJAB AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) ORDINANCE, 1971

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THE WEST PAKISTAN FOODSTUFFS (CONTROL) 
(PUNJAB AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) ORDINANCE, 
1971 
(XXVII of 1971) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title and extent 
2. Amendment of section 3 of W.P. Act XX of 1958 
3. Validation 
TEXT 
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THE WEST PAKISTAN FOODSTUFFS (CONTROL) (PUNJAB AMENDMENT 
AND VALIDATION) ORDINANCE, 1971 
(XXVII of 1971) 
[13th December, 1971] 
An 
Ordinance 
further to amend the West Pakistan Foodstuffs (Control) Act, 1958, in its application 
to the Province of the Punjab, and to validate certain charges levied thereunder 
Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the West Pakistan 
Foodstuffs (Control) Act 1958, in its application to the Province of the Punjab and t o 
validate the levying of certain charges in the manner hereinafter appearing; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Martial Law Proclamation of 25th 
March, 1969, read with the Provincial Constitution Order, and in exercise of all powers 
enabling him in tha t behalf, the Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and 
promulgate the following Ordinance:- 
1. Short title and extent.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the West Pakistan 
Foodstuffs (Control) (Punjab Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 1971. 
 (2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. 
2. Amendment of section 3 of W.P. Act XX of 1958 .– In the West Pakistan 
Foodstuffs (Control) Act, 1958, in its application to the Province of the Punjab, 
hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in sub -section (2) of section 3, after clause (f) 
and before clause (g) the following sub -clause shall be added and shall be deemed 
always to have been so added:- 
 “(ff) for levying fees or charges to meet the expenses incurred by 
Government on the administration of this Act.” 
3. Validation.– Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being 
in force or any judgment, decree or order of any court or other authority or any 
proceeding pending before any court or other authority, any charge levied, collected 
or realized before the promulgation of this Ordinance, on or from sugar mills, situated 
in the areas now forming the Province of the Punjab, as departmental charge shall 
be deemed to have been validly levied, collected or realised, as the case may be, 
under a notified ord er issued under clause (ff) of sub -section (2) of section 3 of the 
said Act, as added by this Ordinance, and where any such charge has not been 
paid, collected or realised before the coming into force of this Ordinance, the same 
shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.” 
                                                 
1This Ordinance was promulgated by the Governor of the Punjab, on 12th December, 1971; published in the Punjab Gazette 
(Extraordinary), dated 13th December, 1971, pages 1571 -C to 1571-D; saved by Article 281 of the Interim Constituti on of the 
Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1972); and, validated by the Validation of Laws Act, 1975 (LXIII of 1975).