THE UNITED NATIONS (SECURITY COUNCIL) ACT, 1948 
(XIV of 1948) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title  
2. Measures under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations 
TEXT 
THE UNITED NATIONS (SECURITY COUNCIL) ACT
1
, 1948 
(XIV of 1948) 
[11th June, 1948]  
An 
Act 
to enable effect to be given to certain provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to enable effect to be given to certain provisions of 
the Charter of the United Nations; 
It is hereby enacted as follows:–  
1. Short title.– This Act may be called the United Nations (Security Council) Act, 
1948. 
2. Measures under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations .– If, under 
Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on  the 26th 
day of June 1945, the Security Council of the United Nations calls upon the 
2
[Federal 
Government] to apply any measures, not involving the use of armed force, to give 
effect to any decision of that Council, the 
3
[Federal Government] may, by order  
published in the official Gazette, make such provisions (including provisions having 
extra-territorial operation) as appear to it necessary or expedient for enabling those 
measures to be effectively applied, and without prejudice to the generality of the 
foregoing power, provision may be made for the punishment of person offending 
against the order. 
                                                 
1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of Pakistan, 1947, Pt.V, p.271. 
2Substituted for the words “Central Government” by the Federal Adaptation of  Laws Order, 1975 (P.O. 4 of 1975) , w.e.f. 
1.8.1975, see Article 2 and Table of General Adaptation. 
3Substituted ibid.