(W.P. Ordinance XI of 1966)
[4 April 1966]
An
Ordinance further to amend the Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961, in its
application to the Province of West
Pakistan
Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the
Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961 (Ordinance XLIV of 1961), in its
application to the Province of West Pakistan, for the purposes hereinafter
appearing;
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:-
1. Short
title and commencement.— (1) This Ordinance may be called the Conciliation Courts
(West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance 1966.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 3 of Ordinance
XLIV of 1961.— In the
Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961, in its application to the Province of West
Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance, in section 3, after
sub-section (2), the following new sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
“(2-A) Cases
relating to matters falling under Section A of Part I and Section A of Part II
of the Schedule, against any Government servant, shall be excluded from
conciliation except where a certificate is granted by Government or an officer
authorised by Government in that behalf to the effect that the Government
servant had not acted in the discharge of his official duties”.
3. Amendment of section 15 of Ordinance
XLIV of 1961.— In section 15
of the said Ordinance, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be
substituted, namely:---
“(1) Save
as otherwise expressly provided by or under this Ordinance, the provisions of
the Evidence Act, 1872 (I of 1872), other than those contained in sections 123,
124 and 125, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) and the Code
of Civil Procedure, 1908 (V of 1908), shall not apply to proceedings before any
Conciliation Court”.
4. Amendment of section 16 of Ordinance
XLIV of 1961.— In section 16
of the said Ordinance, in sub-section (1), the words “or before any Controlling
Authority, or other authority exercising powers under this Ordinance” shall be
omitted.
[1][1]This Ordinance was
promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on 31st March, 1966; approved by
the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan on 6th June, 1966, under clause (3) of
Article 79 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962); and,
published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 6th June, 1966,
pages 1610-C to 1610-E.
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