PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF QURA’N AND SEERAT STUDIES ( AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 2015

PUNJAB INSTITUTE OF QURA’N AND SEERAT STUDIES (AMENDMENT)

ORDINANCE 2015

( XV of  2015)

[5^th June, 2015]

AN

ORDINANCE

to amend the Punjab Institute of Qura’n and Seerat Studies Act 2014.

It is expedient to amend the Punjab Institute of Quran and Seerat Studies Act 2014 (XXIX of 2014) for purposes of rationalizing membership of the Board of Directors and Academic Council of the Institute and for other purposes;

Provincial Assembly of the Punjab is not in session and Governor of the Punjab is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action;

In exercise of the powers conferred under clause (1) of Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Governor of the Punjab is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:

1.                Short title and commencement.– (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Punjab Institute of Qura’n and Seerat Studies (Amendment) Ordinance 2015.

(2)        It shall come into force at once.

2.                Amendment in section 2 of Act XXIX of 2014.– In the Punjab Institute of Qura’n and Seerat Studies Act 2014 (XXIX of 2014), for brevity cited as the said Act, for section 2, the following shall be substituted:

“2.        Definitions.– In this Act:

(a)             “Academic Council” means Academic Council of the Institute;

(b)             “Board” means Board of Directors of the Institute;

(c)              “Executive Director” means Executive Director of the Institute;

(d)             “Government” means Government of the Punjab;

(e)             “Institute” means Punjab Institute of Qura’n and Seerat Studies established under the Act; and

(f)              “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under the Act.”

3.                Amendment in section 5 of Act XXIX of 2014.– In the said Act, in section 5:

(a)          in subsection (1):

(i)                for clause (k), the following shall be substituted:

“(k)  President and General Secretary of      Members”; Ittehad Tanzimat-e-Madris-e-Pakistan;

(ii)              after clause (k), the following clause (kk) shall be inserted:

“(kk) one eminent scholar to be           Member”.

nominated by the Government;

(b)       for subsection (4), the following shall be substituted:

“(4) The Government shall nominate members of the Board, other than ex-officio members, for a term of two years but the member shall serve during the pleasure of the Government.”

4.                Amendment in section 12 of Act XXIX of 2014.– In the said Act, in section 12 , in subsection (2), for clause (d), the following shall be substituted :

“(d) one nominee of Ittehad Tanzimat-e-Madris-e-Pakistan;”