THE PUNJAB STRATEGIC
COORDINATION ACT 2014
( XXV OF
2014)
[10th November,
2014]
AN
ACT
to establish the
Provincial Security Council and Punjab Strategic Coordination Board.
Whereas it is expedient to establish
the institutional mechanism to take effective measures to counter terrorism; to
formulate security and counter terrorism policy; and to deal with ancillary
matters;
It is enacted as follows:-
1.
Short title,
extent and commencement.– (1) This Act shall be cited as the Punjab
Strategic Coordination Act 2014 (XXV of 2014).
(2)
It extends to whole of the Punjab.
(3)
It shall come into force with effect from 7th September 2014.
2.
Definitions.– In this Act:
(a)
“Board” means the Provincial Strategic
Coordination Board;
(b)
“Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the
Council;
(c)
“Council” means the Provincial Security Council;
(d)
“Director General” means the Director General of
the Board;
(e)
“Government” means Government of the Punjab; and
(f)
“organization” means any statutory,
non-statutory, autonomous or semiautonomous organization of the Government.
3.
Provincial
Security Council.– (1) There shall be a Provincial Security Council
consisting of the following:
(a)
Chief Minister; Chairperson
(b)
Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs; Member
(c)
two members of the Provincial Assembly of the Members
Punjab to be nominated by the
Government;
(d)
Chief Secretary of the Government; Member
(e)
Secretary to the Government, Home Department; Member
(f)
Provincial Police Officer, Punjab; Member
(g)
three persons to be nominated by the Government Members
each for a term of two years;
and
(h)
Director General. Member/Secretary
(2)
The Council may co-opt any other person for a meeting
of the Council.
(3)
The Council shall perform the following functions:
(a)
to approve a provincial security and counter terrorism
policy;
(b)
to supervise coordination with the Federal security and
intelligence agencies;
(c)
to review and monitor coordination amongst security and
criminal justice agencies in the Province;
(d)
to approve steps to be taken for improvement of
security and, law and order; and
(e)
to exercise general supervision over working of the
Board.
(4)
The Council shall meet at least once in a month or
whenever it is convened by the Chairperson.
(5)
The Council shall determine its own procedure.
4.
Provincial
Strategic Coordination Board.– (1) The Government shall, by notification,
establish a Provincial Strategic Coordination Board.
(2)
The Board shall consist of the following:
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(a)
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Chief Secretary of the
Government;
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Convener
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(b)
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Secretary to the Government, Home
Department;
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Member
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(c)
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Secretary to the Government, Prosecution
Department;
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Member
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(d)
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Provincial Police Officer,
Punjab;
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Member
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(e)
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Additional Inspector General (Special
Branch), Punjab;
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Member
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(f)
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Additional Inspector
General
( Counter Terrorism
Department), Punjab;
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Member
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(g)
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three persons to be
nominated by the
Government each for a term
of two years; and
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Members
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(h)
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Director General.
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Member/Secretary
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(3)
Six members of the Board shall constitute the quorum
for a meeting of the Board but a Secretary to the Government may be represented
in the meeting by an officer of the Department not below the rank of an
Additional Secretary.
5.
Functions of
the Board.– The Board shall:
(a)
assist the Council in the formulation of provincial
security and counter terrorism policy;
(b)
monitor compliance with the provincial security and
counter terrorism policy;
(c)
improve coordination between security and criminal
justice agencies; (d) support institutional development and formulation of
standard operating procedures;
(e)
conduct, promote and coordinate research in relation to
its mandate;
(f)
publish reports, statistics, research, monographs and
other publications;
(g)
support de-radicalization through public information;
(h)
support evidence led planning;
(i)
maintain a database of information;
(j)
monitor performance of provincial security and criminal
justice agencies;
(k)
issue guidance notes; and
(l)
report and advise the Council upon matters of security
and law and order.
6.
Director
General.– (1) The administration of the Board shall
vest in the Director General.
(2)
The Director General shall be an officer of the
Government with such experience of the security and justice sector as may be
prescribed.
(3)
The Director General shall draw such pay and allowances
as may be determined by the Government.
7.
Directors.–
(1) The Board shall have the
following five Directors:
(a)
Director Administration and Finance;
(b)
Director Research and Analysis;
(c)
Director Policy and Strategy Development;
(d)
Director Systems Development; and
(e)
Director Monitoring and Coordination.
(2)
The Directors shall work under the control and
supervision of the Director General.
(3)
A Director shall draw such pay and allowances as may be
determined by the Government.
8.
Staff.–
There shall be such number of other officers and staff of the Board as the
Government may determine.
9.
Power to
obtain information.– The Board may obtain such information from any
department or organization as it may consider appropriate and the department or
organization shall supply such information and in such format as may be called
for by the Board.
10.
Power to
appoint advisors and specialists.– The
Board may appoint advisors, consultants and specialists to undertake research
and analysis on security related issues.
11.
Power to
make rules.– The Government may, by notification in official Gazette, make
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
12.
Repeal.–
The Punjab Strategic Coordination Ordinance 2014 (IX of 2014) is hereby
repealed.
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