(W.P.
Ordinance XXXI of 1958)
[20 December 1958 ]
An Ordinance to extend the Prevention of Corruption Act,
1947, to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan
Preamble.—
WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, to
the whole of the Province of West Pakistan in
the manner hereinafter appearing;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in pursuance of the presidential proclamation of the seventh day of
October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf the
Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following
Ordinance:-
1. Short
title.— This Ordinance may be called the
Prevention of Corruption Act (West Pakistan Extension) Ordinance, 1958.
2. Extension of
Act II of 1947 to the whole of West Pakistan.— The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, (hereinafter called
the said Act), shall extend to the whole of the Province
of West Pakistan .
3. Amendment of
Act II of 1947.— In the said
Act in its application to the Districts of Kalat, Kharan, Mekran and Las Bela
reference to any provision of the Pakistan Penal Code[2][2] or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898[3][3], shall as far as possible, be deemed to be reference to the
corresponding provisions of the Tazirat-e-Qalat and Zabata-e-Faujdari Qalat, as
the case may be.
4. Repeal.—
The Bahawalpur Prevention of Corruption Act, 1950, is hereby repealed.
[1][1]This
Ordinance, which amended and extended Act II of 1947 to the whole of the
Province of West Pakistan was promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on
19th December, 1958; published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary),
dated 20th Dec., 1958, pages 1713-14; saved and given permanent effect by
Article 225 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962).
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