THE PAKISTAN WATER AND
POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 1958
( XXXI of 1958)
[24th
April, 1958]
An
Act
to provide for the unified and co-ordinated
development of the water and power resources of [ Pakistan ]
Preamble. — WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the unified and co-ordinated
development of the water and power resources of [Pakistan]:
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Development Authority Act, 1958;
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan except the 2[Districts] of Karachi.
2.
Definitions.
— In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
context—
(i)
“Authority” means the [2][Pakistan] Water and Power Development
Authority established under section 3 of this Act;
(ii)
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Water and Power
Development
Authority;
(iii)
“controlled station” means a power generating station
declared as a controlled station under clause (iv) of sub-section (1) of section 11;
(iii-a)
“[3]Deputy Chairman” means
the Deputy Chairman of the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority.
(iv)
“Government” means the [Federal Government];
(v)
“land” includes benefits to arise out of land,
and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached
to the earth;
(vi)
“local body” means any District Board, District
Local Board, Municipal
Corporation, Municipal
Committee, Municipality, Small Town Committee or Notified Area Committee;
(vii)
“Member” means Member of the Water and Power
Development Authority;
(viii) “power”
includes hydraulic power, electrical energy, steam, gas or any other power
notified as such by the [Government] in the official Gazette; and (ix)
“Regulations” means Regulations framed under this Act.
CHAPTER II
CONSTITUTION OF THE AUTHORITY
3.
Constitution
of the Authority. — (1) There shall be established an Authority to be known
as the [Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority] for carrying out the
purposes of this Act.
(2)
The Authority shall be a body corporate, shall be
entitled to acquire 5[hold and
dispose of] property, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal
and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3)
[The Federal Government may, from time to time, issue
such directives as it may consider necessary on matters of policy and the
Authority shall comply with such directive : and if a question arises whether
any directive relates to a matter of policy, the decision of the Federal
Government shall be final.]
4.
[4][4. Appointment and terms of office of
Chairman and Members. — (1) The Authority shall consist of the Chairman
[Deputy Chairman]6 and not more than three members to be appointed
by the exercise the powers and perform the function and duties of the
authority.
[4][4. Appointment and terms of office of
Chairman and Members. — (1) The Authority shall consist of the Chairman
[Deputy Chairman]6 and not more than three members to be appointed
by the exercise the powers and perform the function and duties of the
authority.|
(2) The term of office of the Chairman [Deputy Chairman]
6 and member shall be three
|
years.
(3) 
Any
person ceasing to be the Chairman [Deputy Chairman]6 or Member by
reason of the expiry of the term of his office shall be eligible for
re-appointment for another term at the discretion of Government.
Any
person ceasing to be the Chairman [Deputy Chairman]6 or Member by
reason of the expiry of the term of his office shall be eligible for
re-appointment for another term at the discretion of Government.
(4) The
Chairman [Deputy Chairman]6 or any member may, at any time, by
writing under his hand addressed to Government, resign his office.
(5) Subject
to the provisions of sub section (4) the resignation shall not take effect
until accepted by the Government.]
5.
Remuneration
and conditions of service.— The Chairman 7[Deputy
Chairman] and each Member shall receive such salary and allowances and
be subject to such conditions of service as may be prescribed by the
Government, and shall perform such duties as are assigned to them under this
Act or by any Regulation framed under it.
6.
[5]The Government may, by Notification in
official Gazette, remove the Chairman [Deputy Chairman][6] or any Member.
[5]The Government may, by Notification in
official Gazette, remove the Chairman [Deputy Chairman][6] or any Member.
(a)
if he refuses or fails to discharge or becomes in the
opinion of the Government, incapable of discharging his responsibilities under
this Act; or
(b)
if he has been declared insolvent; or
(c)
if he has been declared to be disqualified for
employment in, or has been dismissed from the service of Pakistan, or has been
convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude; or
(d)
if he has knowingly acquired or continued to hold
without the permission in writing of the Government, directly or indirectly or
through a partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with or
by or on behalf of the Authority, or in any land or property which, in his
knowledge, is likely to benefit or has benefitted as a result of the operation
of the Authority.
7.
Meetings of
the Authority. — (1) The Authority shall meet at such time and place and in
such manner, as may be prescribed by Regulations:
Provided that
until Regulations are made in this behalf, such meetings shall be convened by
the Chairman.
(2) The
Chairman, or in his absence, a Member authorized by him, and one other Member
shall be present to constitute a quorum at a meeting of the Authority.
CHAPTER III
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE AUTHORITY
8.
General
powers and duties of the Authority and framing of schemes.— (1) The
Authority shall prepare, for the approval of the Government, a comprehensive
plan for the development and utilization of the water and power resources of
[Pakistan] on a unified and multi-purpose basis.
(2) The
Authority may frame a scheme or schemes for [a Province] or any part thereof
providing for all or any of the following matters, namely—
(i)
irrigation, water-supply and drainage; and recreational
use of water resources;
(ii)
the generation, transmission and distribution of power;
and the construction, maintenance and operation of power houses and grids;
(iii) flood control;
(iv)
the prevention of waterlogging and reclamation of
waterlogged and salted lands;
(v)
inland navigation;
(vi)
[7] [the prevention of
any ill-effects on public health resulting from the operations of theAuthority
and]
[7] [the prevention of
any ill-effects on public health resulting from the operations of theAuthority
and]
(vii)
Privatise or otherwise restructure any operation of the
Authority except the hydel generating power stations and the National
Transmission Grid.]
(3) Every scheme prepared by the Authority
under sub-section (2) shall be submitted for approval to the Government with
the following information:-
(i)
a description of the scheme and the manner of its
execution;
(ii)
an estimate of costs and benefits; the allocation of
costs to the various purposes to be served by the scheme and the amounts to be
repaid by the beneficiaries; and
(iii)
a statement of the proposals by the Authority for the
resettlement or re-housing of persons likely to be displaced by the execution
of the scheme.
(4)
The Government may sanction or may refuse to sanction,
or may return for reconsideration any scheme submitted to it under this
section, or may call for such further details or information about the scheme,
or may direct such further examination of the scheme as it may consider
necessary.
(a)
undertake any joint venture or work in association with
the Provincial Government, an agency, corporation, company, authority or any
person and may subscribe to the equities and acquire such other rights and
obligations as may be necessary for such joint venture or association;
(b)
promote, form or sponsor any company or companies
having objects of installation of thermal and hydel projects and development
and utilization of any resources of energy for generation, transmission and
distribution of power and for survey, investigation, exploitation and utilization
of resources of energy for generation, transmission and distribution of power;
(c)
subscribe for, take or otherwise acquire, hold and
dispose of shares, bonds, debentures, commercial papers or other securities of
any company promoted, formed or sponsored under clause (b) and receive dividends or other payments there from and transfer
to it any of its land or any other property, movable or immovable, tangible or
intangible, against cash, shares, bonds, debentures, commercial papers or other
securities as is desirable or necessary to enable it to privatise or otherwise
restructure any operation of the Authority;
(d)
enter into any of the following arrangements which may
be consistent with its objects, namely:-
(i)
provision of services and personnel;
(ii)
provision of goods, appliances, plants, machinery and
other material; and
(iii)
purchasing of electrical capacity and energy from any
company specified in clause (b); [9][***]
(e)
enter into any contract or agreement with any company
or companies specified in clause (b) [10][ and ]
(f)
[11]Notwithstanding any
terms of any contract entered into by the Authority for the supply of
electricity to any person, transfer such contract to any company or other
entity promoted, formed or sponsored pursuant to a scheme framed under clause (
vii) of sub-section (2).
[11]Notwithstanding any
terms of any contract entered into by the Authority for the supply of
electricity to any person, transfer such contract to any company or other
entity promoted, formed or sponsored pursuant to a scheme framed under clause (
vii) of sub-section (2).
[12][Explanation.— For the purpose of this section the expression “privatize” means
the transfer or disinvestment of any of its assets, property, rights or
liabilities, interest, power houses, grid operation of work, or maintenance
thereof, or generation or its distribution, by the Authority, with the prior
approval of the Federal Government, for valuable consideration to any person,
company or body on ownership basis or for management, control, operation or
maintenance, either in joint venture or in association or otherwise and subject
to such conditions as the Authority may impose.]
9.
Schemes
framed by other agencies.— (1) Any scheme framed by an agency in any
Province other than the Authority, in respect of any of the matters enumerated
in sub-section (2) of section 8, if its estimated cost exceeds the amount to be
prescribed by the Government, shall be submitted to the Government through the
Authority and the Government may pass
any of the orders contemplated by sub-section (4) of section 8.
(2) The Authority
may, with the approval of the Government undertake the execution of any scheme,
or exercise technical supervision and administrative and financial control over
the execution of any scheme framed or sponsored by any agency in respect of the
matters enumerated in subsection (2) of section 8.
[9-A. Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act, the Authority may, with the previous approval
of the Government undertake the execution of any scheme framed or sponsored by
a Provincial Government or any agency under the control of a Provincial
Government or exercise technical supervision and administrative and financial
control over the execution thereof on such terms and conditions as may be
agreed to by the Authority on the one hand and the Provincial Government or, as
the case may be, such agency in consultation with the Provincial Government on
the other.]
10.
Survey and
experiments. — The Authority, if it considers this necessary or expedient
for carrying out the purposes of this Act, may—
(a)
cause studies, surveys, experiments or technical
research to be made; or
(b)
contribute towards the cost of any such studies,
surveys, experiments or technical research made by any other agency.
[10-A. On and
from such date as the Government may, by notification, declare and subject to
such terms and conditions as it may determine, all assets including lands,
works, machinery, apparatus, material and plants vested in the Government in
the Electricity Department shall vest in the Authority, and all liabilities in
respect of the said assets shall be the liability of the Authority.]
11.
Control over
waters, power houses and grids. — (1) Subject to the provisions of any
other law for the time being in force, the Authority— (i) shall have control
over the—
(a)
underground water resources of any region in a
Province;
(b)
operation of [its] power houses and grids, including
such ancillary works as may be considered necessary for their proper operation;
(ii) may make recommendations to the Government
for prescribing standards for the—
(a)
operation and maintenance of all irrigation works;
(b)
maintenance of power houses and grids;
(iii) may make
recommendations to the Government for promoting simplification of methods of
charge for supplies of electricity and standardisation of the system of supply;
(2) Before the
Authority exercises any control under clause (i) of sub-section (1), the area over which and the extent to which
control is intended to be exercised shall be agreed to and notified by the
Government in the official Gazette.
12.
Authority to
have powers and obligations of licensee under Act, IX of 1910.— The
Authority shall, for the purposes of the Electricity Act, 1910, be deemed to be
a licensee and shall have all the powers and discharge all the obligations of a
licensee under the said Act:
Provided that nothing in sections 3 to 11, sub-sections (2)
and (3) of section 21 and sections 22, 23 and 27 or in clauses I to XII of the
Schedule to the said Act relating to the duties and obligations of a licensee
shall apply to the Authority.
13.
Powers
regarding certain matters. — (1) The Authority may take such measures and
exercise such powers as it considers necessary or expedient for the carrying
out of the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without
prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by the preceding sections
and the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, the Authority may for
carrying out the purposes of this Act—
(a)
undertake any works, incur any expenditure, procure
plant, machinery and materials required for its use and enter into and perform
all such contracts as it may consider necessary or expedient;
(b)
acquire by purchase, lease, exchange or otherwise and
dispose of by sale, lease, exchange or otherwise any land or any interest in
land;
(c)
place wires, poles, wall brackets, stays, apparatus and
appliances for the transmission of electricity or for the transmission of
telegraphic or telephonic communications necessary for the proper execution of
a scheme; (d) direct the owners of private lands to—
(i)
carry out measures for training of streams;
(ii)
undertake anti-erosion operations, including
conservation of forests and re-a forestation;
(e)
restrict or prohibit by general or special order the
clearing and breaking up of land in the catchments area of any river;
(f)
direct that any work which has been required to be done
by any person under the two preceding clauses, and which remains undone, shall,
after due notice to such person and consideration of any objection raised by
him, be executed by the Authority and specify the proportion in which the risk
and expense of such work shall be borne by such person, or by any other person
who, after being given a reasonable notice and after such inquiry as the
Authority considers necessary, is held by the Authority to be responsible for
the execution of such work in whole or in part; and
(g)
seek and obtain advice and assistance in the preparation or execution of a scheme from any
local body or agency of the Government, and as such local body or agency shall
give the advice and assistance sought by the Authority to the best of its
ability, knowledge and judgment:
Provided that
the Authority shall pay the cost of such advice and assistance if the giving of
such advice and assistance entails additional expenditure to the local body or
the agency.
(3) The
acquisition of any land or any interest in land for the Authority under this
section, or for any scheme under this Act, shall be deemed to be an acquisition
for a public purpose within the meaning of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, and
the provisions of the said Act shall apply to all such proceedings.
14.
Right of
entry.— (1) The Chairman or any person authorized by him in writing, may
enter upon and survey any land, erect pillars for the determination of intended
lines of works, make borings and excavations and do all other acts which may be
necessary for the preparation of any scheme:
Provided that when the affected land does not vest in the
Authority, the power conferred by this sub-section shall be exercised in such
manner as to cause the least interference with, and the least damage to the
rights of the owner thereof.
(2) When any
person enters into or upon any land in pursuance of sub-section (1), he shall,
at the time of entering or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, pay or
tender payment for all necessary damage to be done as aforesaid, and in case of
dispute as to the sufficiency of the amount so paid or tendered, the dispute
shall be referred to the Deputy Commissioner of the district whose decision
shall be final.
15.
Sanction of
the Government. — A scheme framed and sanctioned under this Act may be
amended or modified by the Authority at any time, but if a material change is
made in the scheme, previous sanction of the Government shall be obtained.
Explanation— An increase in the cost of
the scheme by more than fifteen per cent of the sanctioned cost, or a change in
the benefit and cost ratio which either makes the cost component in the ratio
exceed the benefits or reduces the benefits component by more than fifteen per
cent shall be deemed to be a material change for the purpose of this section.
16.
Arrangements
with local body or other agency. — (1) As soon as any scheme has been
carried out by the Authority or at a later date, the Authority may arrange by a
written agreement with a local body or other agency within whose jurisdiction
any particular area covered by the scheme lies, to take over and maintain any
of the works and services in that area. If the Authority fails to obtain the
assent of such a local body or other agency, it may refer the matter to the
Provincial Government and the Provincial Government may give such directions to
the local body or the other agency as it may deem fit.
(2) The
Government shall have the power to direct the Authority to hand over any scheme
other than a power scheme or the power part of a multi-purpose scheme carried
out by it to any agency of the Government or a local body. In such a case the
Authority shall be entitled to receive credit to the extent of the audited
expenditure incurred by it on that scheme.
CHAPTER IV
ESTABLISHMENT
17.
Employment
of officers and servants.— (1) The Authority may from time to time employ
such officers and servants, or appoint such experts or consultants, as it may
consider necessary for the performance of its functions, on such terms and
conditions as it may deem fit:
Provided that
all persons serving in connection with the affairs of a Province in the
Electricity and Irrigation Departments shall be liable to serve under the
Authority, if required to do so by the Provincial Government, on such terms and
conditions as the Provincial Government may, in consultation with the
Authority, determine but shall not be entitled to any deputation allowance:
Provided
further that the Provincial Government may, in relation to any such person as
aforesaid, delegate such administrative, disciplinary and financial powers to
the Authority as the Provincial Government may deem fit:
Provided also
that the terms and conditions of service of any such person as aforesaid shall
not be varied by the Authority to his disadvantage.
[13][(IA)
“Notwithstanding anything contained in sub –section (IA) or any law, settlement
or for the time being in force, or any rules or regulations framed under this
Act, or any rules, regulations, orders or instructions issued by the Authority
or in the terms and conditions issued by the Authority, or in the terms and
conditions of service of any person employed by, or serving under the
Authority, the Authority may, at any time,
a) retire from
its service any person without assigning any reasons; or be remove from its
service any person after informing him in writing of the ground on which such
action in propose to be taken and giving him an opportunity of showing cause
against the action within, fourteen days.
(IA-B) Where a
person is retired from service under sub-section (IA), he shall in addition to
the retiring benefits admissible to him under the terms and conditions of his
service, if any, be paid additional pay for three months”].
[(1-A)
Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or any rules made, or
orders or instructions issued, by the Authority, or in the terms and conditions
of service of any person employed by, or serving under the Authority may, at
any time, retire or remove from its service any person [after informing him in
writing of the grounds on which such action is proposed to be taken and giving
him an opportunity of showing cause in writing against the action, within a
period of fourteen days].
Explanation I— For the purpose of this
sub-section, any person employed by or serving under the Authority includes a
person referred to in the provisos to sub-section (1).
Explanation II— Any person referred to
in the provisos to sub-section (1) who is removed or retired from service by
the Authority under this sub-section shall stand reverted to the Province to
which he is allocated under the Province of West Pakistan (Dissolution) Order,
1970 (P.O. No.1 of 1970).]
[(1-B Service
under the Authority is hereby declared to be service of Pakistan and every
person holding a post under the Authority, not being a person who is on
deputation to the Authority from any Province, shall be deemed to be a civil
servant for the purposes of the Service Tribunals Act, 1973 (LXX of 1973).]
[(1-C) Any
order of removal or termination of service passed by the Authority, in exercise
of the powers conferred by sub-section (1-A), shall not be called in question
in any proceedings taken under the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII
of 1969), or the Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1952 (LIII of 1952), or
under any law for the time being in force, before any Court, Tribunal or
Commission and any order passed by any Court, Tribunal or Commission after the
thirtieth day of September, 1975, and before the coming into force of the West
Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979,
setting aside or modifying or declaring any order of the Authority to be void
and of no effect, shall stand vacated.]
[(1-D) Nothing
contained in the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII of 1969), shall
apply to or in relation to any person employed as a member of the security
staff of the Authority for the protection of the installations and
establishments of the Authority.]
(2)
The Chairman, in case of urgency, may appoint such
officers and servants on such terms and conditions as may be necessary:
Provided that
every appointment made under this sub-section shall be reported to the
Authority without unreasonable delay.
(3)
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub section (1) and (2), no person shall be
appointed to the post of legal adviser
to the Authority , by whatever designation called or known, or to advise the
Authority, in regard to legal matters save with the approval of Government, and
no legal practitioner shall be entrusted by the Authority with any matter pending
in any civil, revenue or criminal Court or a Tribunal exercising civil or
revenue powers in which the Authority is a party or has any interest, unless
the name of such legal practitioner is on the approved list of Government .
“Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (I) or any rules made or orders or
instructions issued by the Authority or in the terms and conditions of service
of any person employed by, or serving under the Authority, the Authority may at
any time, transfer, second or depute any such person to any company or other
entity promoted, formed or sponsored pursuant to a scheme framed under clause
(vii) of sub-section (2) of section 8 on such terms and conditions as it may
deem fit”[14]
17-A. Certain laws
not to apply to apply to employment under the Authority. — Nothing
contained in the West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment Standing
Orders 1958 (W.P. Ordi VI of 1968), or the Industrial Relations Ordinance,
1969, (XXIII of 1969) shall apply to, or in relation to, the Authority or any
of the officers or employees appointed by it”.
Note:- The
provision of section 17-A shall remain in force for a period of two years and
on the expiration of the said period shall cease to be part of the said Act and
shall stand repealed. [Ordi. V of 1999 PLD 1999 Cent St. 311].
18.
Recruitment
and conditions of service and disciplinary powers. — The Authority shall
prescribe the procedure for appointment, and terms and conditions of service of
its officers and servants, and shall be competent to take disciplinary action
against its officers and servants.
19.
Immunity of
the Authority and its employees.— (1) The Chairman, Members, officers and
servants of the Authority shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance
of any of the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be public servants within
the meaning of section 21 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
(2) No suit,
prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Authority, the
Chairman, Members or officers and servants of the Authority in respect of
anything done or intended to be done, in good faith under this Act.
20.
Delegation
of powers to Chairman, etc.— The Authority may by general or special order
delegate to the Chairman, a Member, or officer of the Authority, any of its
powers, duties or functions under this Act subject to such conditions as it may
think fit to impose.
CHAPTER V
REPORTS AND STATEMENTS
21.
Submission
of yearly reports and returns, etc.— (1) The Authority shall submit to the
Government, as soon as possible after the end of every financial year but
before the last day of [15][September] next following, a report on the
conduct of its affairs for that year.
(2)
A copy of the report mentioned in sub-section (1),
together with a copy of the audit report referred to in section 28 shall be
placed by the Government before the National Assembly and the National Assembly
shall refer the same to its Committee on public Accounts for scrutiny and
examination.
[(2-A) The
Committee on Public Accounts shall scrutinise and examine the reports referred
to it under sub-section (2) in the same manner as, and shall in respect
thereof, perform the same functions and exercise the same powers as are
required by it to be performed and exercised in respect of appropriation
accounts of the Federal Government and the report of the Auditor-General of
Pakistan thereon.
(3)
The Government may require the Authority to furnish it
with—
(i)
any return, statement, estimate, statistics or other
information regarding any matter under the control of the Authority, or
(ii)
a report on any such matter, or
(iii)
a copy of any document in the charge of the Authority,
andthe Authority shall comply with every such requisition.
CHAPTER VI
FINANCE
22.
Authority
Fund. — (1) There shall be a fund to be known as the “Authority Fund”
vested in the Authority which shall be utilised by the Authority to meet
charges in connection with its functions under this Act including the payment
of salaries and other remunerations to the Chairman and Members of the
Authority and to its officers and servants.
(2) The Authority Fund shall consist of—
(a)
grants
made by the Government; [16][and
the Provincial Assembly shall refer the same to its committee on Public
Accounts for scrutiny and examination.].
grants
made by the Government; [16][and
the Provincial Assembly shall refer the same to its committee on Public
Accounts for scrutiny and examination.].
(b)
loans obtained from the Government;
(c)
grants made by local bodies as required by the Government;
[(d) sale
proceeds of bonds, debentures, commercial papers or other securities issued by
the Authority;]
[(dd) all sums,
dividends, shares, bonds, debentures, commercial papers, securities or any
other payments received from a company or companies specified in clause (b) of subsection (5) of section 8;]
(e)
loans obtained by the Authority with the special or
general sanction of the Government;
(f)
foreign aid and loans obtained from the International
Bank of Reconstruction and Development or otherwise, with the sanction [and
under the guarantee] of, and on such terms and conditions as may be approved by
the Government; and (g) all other sums received by the Authority.
(2-A) The Committee on Public Accounts shall
scrutinize and examine the reports to it under sub section (2) in the same
manner as, and shall in respect of, perform the same function and exercise the
same powers as are required by it to be performed and exercised in respect of
appropriation accounts of the Provincial Government and the report of the
Committee and Auditor-General of Pakistan thereon[17].
23.
Authority to
be deemed to be a local authority.— [(1)The Authority shall be deemed to be
a local authority under the Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914, for the purpose
of borrowing money under the said Act, and the making and execution of any
scheme under this Act shall be deemed to be a work which such Authority is
legally authorised to carry out.
(2) Any sum due to the Authority shall be
recoverable as arrears of land revenues.]
24.
Limited
liability. — The liability of the Government to the creditors of the
Authority shall be limited to the extent of grants made by the Government and
the loans raised by the Authority with the sanction of the Government.
25.
Rates for
sale of power. — (1) The Authority shall ordinarily sell power in bulk.
(2) The rates
at which the Authority shall sell power shall be so fixed as to provide for
meeting the operating costs, interest charges and depreciation of assets; the
redemption at due time of loans other than those covered by depreciation, the
payment of any taxes and a reasonable return on investment.
26.
Maintenance
of accounts. — The Authority shall maintain complete and accurate books of
accounts in such form as may be prescribed by it:
Provided that
separate accounts shall be maintained for all schemes and transactions relating
to power.
27.
Annual
statement of accounts. — In the month of [January][18] each year the
Authority shall submit to the Government for approval a statement of the
estimated receipts and expenditure in respect of the next financial year.
28.
Audit. —
The accounts of the Authority shall be audited every year by the
[AuditorGeneral] of Pakistan in such manner as may be prescribed by the
Government. Copies of the audit report shall be sent to the Authority, and, with
the comments of the Authority, to the Government and shall also be available
for public inspection. The Authority shall carry out any directive issued by
the Government for rectification of an audit objection.
CHAPTER VII
REGULATIONS
29.
Regulations.
— For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, the
Authority may, with the approval of the Government, frame such Regulations as
it may consider necessary or expedient.
30.
Repeal. —
The West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority Ordinance, 1958, is
hereby repealed.
[2]
Subs by Ordi LXXII of 1`979
[5]
Ins by Ordi XX of 1998 w.e.f. 22.12.1998, Ordi V of 1999.
[6]
Added by Act XIII of 1994.
[7]
Added by Act XIII of 1994.
[8]
Added by Act XIII of 1994.
[9]
The word “and” Omitted by Ordi XXI of 1998 dated 23.12.1998.
[10]
Sub by Ordi. XXI of 1998 dated 23.12.1998.
[11]
Added by Ordi XXI of 1998 w.e.f. 23.12.1998 and Ordi V of 1999.
[12]
Added by Act XIV of 1994.
[13]
Subs by Ordi. XX of 1998 w.e.f. 22.12.1998 and Ordi LX of 1999.
[14]
Added by Ordi. XXI of 1998 w.e.f. 23.12.1998 Ordi V of 1999.
[15]
Word ‘June’ subs by Ordi XII of 1960, PLD 1960 W.P. St 123.
[16]
Ded by W.P. Act XIII of 1967.
[17]
Ins by Act XIII of 1967, PLD 1967 W.P.S. 271.
[18]
Word ‘October’ subs. by Ordi XII of 1960 PLD 1960 W.O St. 123.
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