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List of Pakistan Statutes’ List of Laws in Pakistan Cat. No. Category Title 01 Adoption Laws 02 Agricultural, Canal ,Drainage, Forest, Land Revenue, Tenancy Laws 03 Animal, Fisheries, Livestock & Wildlife Laws 04 Arbitration Laws 05 Arts Laws 06 Auqaf & Religious Affairs Laws 07 Banking Laws 08 Bar Councils , Associations, Public Defenders, Law Commission, & Legal Practioners Laws 09 Business & Commercial Laws 10 Cantonments Laws 11 Children , Worker’s’ Children Education, Juvenile & Guardian Laws 12 Citizenship & Immigration Laws 13 Civil Servants Service Laws 14 Civil Major Acts 15 Companies & Corporate Laws 16 Constitutional Laws 17 Co-operative Societies Laws 18 Courts Procedural & Litigation Laws 19 Court Fees, Notaries Copying & Stamp, Suit Valuation Laws 20 Courts Rules, Orders, Regulations, Appellate Jurisdiction & National Judicial Policy 21 Criminal Major Acts 22 Criminal Minor Acts [Local & Special] 23 Drugs & Medical Laws 24 Education, Educational Boards & Universities Laws 25 Election & Politics Laws 26 Environmental Laws 27 Factories & Labour Laws 28 Family Laws 29 Finance & Fiscal Acts 30 Foreign & Foreign Exchange Laws 31 Housing & Housing Development Laws 32 Information & Media Laws 33 Inheritance & Succession Laws 34 International Laws 35 Islamic Criminal Laws 36 Jail (Prisons) Prisoners, & Offenders Laws 37 Land Acquisition, Land Revenue, Property & Settlement Laws 38 Law Enforcement & Security Agencies Laws 39 Local Government Laws 40 Motor Vehicles, Road & Transport Laws 41 Muslim Personal Laws (Shariat Application) Laws 42 Natural Resources Laws 43 Patents, Designs, Copyrights and Trademarks Laws 44 Ports & Shipping Laws 45 Pre-emption Laws

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List of Pakistan Statutes’

List of Laws in Pakistan

Cat. No. Category Title

01 Adoption Laws

02 Agricultural, Canal ,Drainage, Forest, Land Revenue, Tenancy Laws

03 Animal, Fisheries, Livestock & Wildlife Laws

04 Arbitration Laws

05 Arts Laws

06 Auqaf & Religious Affairs Laws

07 Banking Laws

08 Bar Councils , Associations, Public Defenders, Law Commission, & Legal Practioners Laws

09 Business & Commercial Laws

10 Cantonments Laws

11 Children , Worker’s’ Children Education, Juvenile & Guardian Laws

12 Citizenship & Immigration Laws

13 Civil Servants Service Laws

14 Civil Major Acts

15 Companies & Corporate Laws

16 Constitutional Laws

17 Co-operative Societies Laws

18 Courts Procedural & Litigation Laws

19 Court Fees, Notaries Copying & Stamp, Suit Valuation Laws

20 Courts Rules, Orders, Regulations, Appellate Jurisdiction & National Judicial Policy

21 Criminal Major Acts

22 Criminal Minor Acts [Local & Special]

23 Drugs & Medical Laws

24 Education, Educational Boards & Universities Laws

25 Election & Politics Laws

26 Environmental Laws

27 Factories & Labour Laws

28 Family Laws

29 Finance & Fiscal Acts

30 Foreign & Foreign Exchange Laws

31 Housing & Housing Development Laws

32 Information & Media Laws

33 Inheritance & Succession Laws

34 International Laws

35 Islamic Criminal Laws

36 Jail (Prisons) Prisoners, & Offenders Laws

37 Land Acquisition, Land Revenue, Property & Settlement Laws

38 Law Enforcement & Security Agencies Laws

39 Local Government Laws

40 Motor Vehicles, Road & Transport Laws

41 Muslim Personal Laws (Shariat Application) Laws

42 Natural Resources Laws

43 Patents, Designs, Copyrights and Trademarks Laws

44 Ports & Shipping Laws

45 Pre-emption Laws

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46 Registration Laws

47 Religious Laws

47 Rent Laws

48 Science & Technology Laws

49 Securities And Exchange Laws

50 Social Welfare Laws

51 Taxation Laws

52 Telecommunication Laws

53 Waqf Properties Laws

54 Water & Power Laws

55 Women Laws

Adoption Laws

Sr. No. LAWS

01 Amending Act, 1897

02 Amending Act, 1903

03 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Adaptation of Laws Act, 1988

04 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Adaptation of Laws Resolution 1948

05 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Notification Viz Adaptation of Laws of old Regime,1949

06 Azad Kashmir Adaptation Of Laws Act, 1959

07 Balochistan Amendment of Laws Act, 1973

08 Customs Act, (Adaptation) Order, 1980

09 Gilgit Baltistan Council Adaptation of Laws Act,2010

10 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Laws (Amendment) Act, 2011

11 Punjab Districts (Reconstitution) Ordinance, 1960

12 Punjab Laws Act, 1872

13 Sindh Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

14 West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964

Agricultural, Canal ,Drainage, Forest, Land Revenue, Tenancy Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Agreement On The Network Of Aquaculture Centres In Asia And the Pacific (Bangkok) 1988

02 Agricultural Census (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1984

03 Agricultural Census Act, 1958

04 Agricultural Development Bank (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1983

05 Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganization and Conversion) Ordinance, 2002

06 Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, 1971

07 Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979

08 Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Ordinance, 1991

09 Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1992

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10 Agricultural Pesticides (Amendment) Act, 1997

11 Agricultural Pesticides Rules, 1973

12 Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937

13 Agricultural Produce Cess Act, 1940

14 Agriculture Produce Markets Act, 1939

15 Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment ) Act, 1993

16 Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act, 2009

17 Agriculturists Loans Act, 1984

18 Animals Slaughter Control Act, 1963

19 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Khalsa Waste Land as Shamilat Deh, (Amendment) Act, 2010

20 Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance, 2011

21 Balochistan Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment ) Act, 2004

22 Balochistan Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1991

23 Balochistan Agriculture Research Board Ordinance, 1997

24 Balochistan Tax on Land and Agriculture Income (Amendment) Ordinance. 2001

25 Balochistan Animal Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act, 2010

26 Balochistan Canal And Drainage (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

27 Balochistan Canal And Drainage (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

28 Balochistan Cotton Control (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

29 Balochistan Cotton Control (Amendment ) Act, 2004

30 Balochistan Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

31 Balochistan Goats (Restriction) (Amendment) Act, 2010

32 Baluchistan Tenancy Ordinance, 1978

33 Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

34 Canal and Drainage Act, 1873

35 Canal and Drainage Rules

36 Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

37 Census Ordinance, 1959

38 Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912

39 Colonization of Government Land (Amendment) Act, 2009

40 Colonization of Government Lands (Amendment) Act, 2010

41 Co-operative Societies (Repayment Of Loans) Ordinance, 1960

42 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Second Amendment) Act, 1973

43 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1974

44 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Ordinance, 1980

45 Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925

46 Cotton Industry (Statistics) Act, 1926

47 Cotton Standardization (Amendment ) Act, 2008

48 Cotton Standardization (Amendment ) Act, 2009

49 Cotton Transport Act,1923

50 Cutting of Trees (Prohibition) Act, 1975

51 Cutting of Trees (Prohibition) Act, 1992

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52 Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914

53 Foodstuffs and Fertilizers (Cancellation of Authorizations and Dealerships) Ordinance, 1978

54 Forest Act, 1927

55 Forest Laws Amendment Ordinance, 1962

56 Forest (Balochistan Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

57 Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

58 Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959

59 Government Lands (Resumption of Grants and Extinguishment of Rights) Act, 1950

60 Government Dues Recovery Ordinance, 1962

61 Government Grants Act, 1895

62 Hazara Forest Act, 1936

63 Hazara Forest (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

64 Hazara Forest (Amendment ) Act, 1997

65 Land Administration Manual

66 Land Reforms Regulation , 1972

67 Land Reforms Regulation (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1972

68 Land Reforms Act, 1977

69 Land Reforms (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1979

70 Land Revenue Act, 1967

71 Land Revenue Rules, 1968

72 Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences Act, 2010

73 Loans For Agricultural Purposes Act, 1973

74 Oil Seeds Committee Act 1946

75 On-Farm Water Management and Water Users Associations Ordinance, 1981

76 On-Farm Water Management And Water User's Associations (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

77 Pakistan Plant Quarantine Act, 1976

78 Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi] Act 1995

79 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890

80 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding Act, 1977

81 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment Ordinance, 2007

82 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

83 Punjab Agricultural Development Finance Corporation (Recovery of Arrears) Act, 1958

84 Punjab Agricultural Development and Supplies Corporation Act, 1973

85 Punjab Agricultural Income Tax Act, 1997

86 Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) ordinance, 2000

87 Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

88 Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

89 Punjab Agricultural Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2003

90 Punjab Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959

91 Punjab Agricultural Pests (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

92 Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Ordinance, 1978

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93 Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1979

94 Punjab Agricultural Research Board Act 1997

95 Punjab Agriculturists Loans Act, 1958

96 Punjab Animals Compound Feed and Feed Stuff Ordinance, 2002

97 Punjab Animals Slaughter Control Act, 1963

98 Punjab Board of Revenue Act, 1957

99 Punjab Consolidation of Holdings Ordinance, 1960

100 Punjab Cotton Control Ordinance, 1966

101 Punjab Cotton Control (Validation of Levy of Fees) Ordinance, 1971

102 Punjab Cotton Control (Validation of Transportation Fee) Act, 1974

103 Punjab Cotton Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

104 Punjab Essential Articles (Control) Act, 1973

105 Punjab Fertilizers (Control) Order, 1973

106 Punjab Flood Relief Cess Act, 1973

107 Punjab Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959

108 Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority Act, 1997

109 Punjab Land Revenue (Abolition) Act, 1998

110 Punjab Minor Canals Act, 1905

111 Punjab Protection and Restoration of Tenancy Rights Act, 1950

112 Punjab Seed Corporation Act, 1976

113 Punjab Rice (Restriction on Cultivation) Ordinance, 1959

114 Punjab Seeds and Fruit Plants Ordinance, 1965

115 Punjab Silkworms (Regulation and Control) Ordinance, 1972

116 Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887

117 Punjab Timber Market (Lahore) Ordinance, 1963

118 Punjab Tobacco Vend Act, 1958

119 Punjab Tendoo Leaves (Prohibition on Possession and Use in the Border-Belt) Act, 1974

120 Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 1974

121 Revenue Recovery Act, 1890

122 Seeds (Amendment Act) 2010

123 Sindh Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2011

124 Sindh Non-Agriculturists Loans Act 1928

125 Sind Revenue Jurisdiction Act, 1876

126 Sindh Seed Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2010

127 Sind Wildlife Protection Ordinance, 1972

128 Sindh Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Act, 2008

129 Sindh Wholesale Agricultural Produce Markets (Development and Regulation) Act, 2010

130 Powers of Attorney Act, 1882

134 Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence

135 Privatization Commission (Amendment) Bill 2011

136 Privatization Commission (Valuation of Property) Rules, 2007

137 Provincial Small Cause Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1962

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Animal, Fisheries, Livestock & Wildlife Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Animals Slaughters Control Act, 1963

02 Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Ordinance, 2011

03 Balochistan Animal Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act, 2010

04 Balochistan Goats (Restriction) (Amendment) Act, 2010

05 Balochistan Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1994

06 Balochistan Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

07 Balochistan Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2009

08 Baluchistan Wildlife Protection Act, 1974

09 Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871

10 Convention On The Conservation Of Migratory Species Of Wild Animals (1979)

11 Karachi Cattle Slaughter Control Act, 1950

12 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890

13 Punjab Animals Compound Feed and Feed Stuff Ordinance, 2002

14 Punjab Animals Slaughter Control Act, 1963

15 Punjab Fisheries Ordinance, 1961

16 Punjab Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959

17 Punjab Livestock Associations and Livestock Associations? Unions (Registration and Control) Ordinance, 1979

18 Punjab Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Development Board Act, 1974

19 Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation and Management) Act, 1974

20 Sindh Fisheries (Amendment) Act,2003

21 Sindh Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 2011

22 Sindh Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Act, 2008

23 University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore Ordinance, 2002

24 West Pakistan Goats (Restriction) (Sind Repeal) Act, 1972

25 West Pakistan Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959

26 West Pakistan Goats Restrictions Rules, 1961

Arbitration Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Arbitration Act, 1940

02 Arbitration Act, 2009

03 Agreement and Foreign Arbitral Awards Ordinance, 2007

04 Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, 2011

05 Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Ordinance, 2007

06 Arbitration (Protocol and Convention) Act, 1937

07 Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Ordinance, 2009

08 Recognition and Enforcement (Arbitration Agreements and Foreign Arbitral Awards) Act, 2011

Arts Laws Sr. No. LAWS

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01 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Information Technology Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011

02 Culture Policy of Pakistan

03 Dramatic Performance Act. 1876

04 Federal Urdu University Of Arts, Sciences And Technology, Islamabad Ordinance, 2002

05 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Establishment Of Information Technology Board Act, 2011

06 Lahore Arts Council (First Amendment ) Ordinance, 2003

07 Lahore Arts Council Ordinance, 2002

08 Pakistan National Council of the Arts

09 Punjab Council of the Arts Act, 1975

10 Punjab Information Technology Board Ordinance, 1999

11 Punjab Institute Of Language, Art And Culture Act 2004

12 University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Act 1994

13 University of Management and Technology, Lahore Act 2004.

Auqaf & Religious Affairs Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Auqaf (Federal Control) Act, 1976

02 Caste Disabilities Removal (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

03 Charitable And Religious Trusts Act, 1920

04 Charitable Funds (Regulation of Collections) Act, 1953

05 Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930

06 Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928

07 Hindu Law of Inheritance (Amendment) Act, 1929.

08 Hindu Marriage Disabilities Removal Act 1946

09 Hindu Married Women's Right to Separate Residence and Maintenance Act, 1946.

10 Hindu Widows' Re-Marriage Act, 1856

11 Music in Muslim Shrines Act,1942

12 Muslim Family Laws (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975

13 Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961

14 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal Of Difficulties) Act, 1975

15 Muslim personal law (Shariat) Application (Sind Amendment) Act, 1950

16 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1935

17 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1937

18 Punjab Historical Mosques and Shrines Fund Cess Ordinance, 1960

19 Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) Act, 2011

20 Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1975

21 Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972

22 Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

23 Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925

24 Succession (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1965

25 West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1962

Banking Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Agricultural Development Bank (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1983

02 Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganization and Conversion) Ordinance, 2002

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03 Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, 2007

04 Anti-Money Laundering Rules, 2009

05 Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment ) Act, 2009

06 Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, 2009

07 Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010

08 Bank of Khyber (Amendment) Act, 2004

09 Bank of Khyber (Amendment) Act, 2009

10 Bank of Punjab Act, 1989

11 Bank of Punjab (Amendment ) Ordinance ,1996

12 Bank of Punjab (Amendment ) Act, 1997

13 Bank of Punjab (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

14 Bank of Punjab (First Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

15 Bank of Punjab (First Amendment) Act, 2003

16 Bankers’ Books Evidence Act, 1891

17 Banking Act, 2006

18 Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962

19 Banking Companies Rules, 1963

20 Banking Companies (Court) Rules, 1972

21 Banking Companies (Peshawar High Court) Rules, 1972

22 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1979

23 Banking Companies (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 1979

24 Banking Companies (Recovery Of Loans) (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1983

25 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1984

26 Banking Companies (Recovery Of Loans) (Amendment ) Act, 1992

27 Banking Companies (Recovery Of Loans) (First Amendment ) Act, 1992

28 Banking Companies (Third Amendment ) Ordinance, 1996

29 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Act, 1997

30 Banking Companies (Recovery of Loans, Advances, Credits and Finances) Ordinance, 1997

31 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

32 Banking Companies (Recovery of Loans, Advances, Credits and Finances) Ordinance, 1997

33 Banking Companies (Recovery of Loans, Advances, Credits and Finances) Act 1997

34 Banking Companies (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

35 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

36 Banking Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

37 Banking Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

38 Banking Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008

39 Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 2010

40 Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 2011

41 Banking Tribunals (Amendment) Act, 1993

42 Banking Tribunals (Validation Of Orders) Act, 1994

43 Banking Tribunals (Validation Of Orders) Ordinance, 1994

44 Banking Tribunals Ordinance 1984

45 Banks (Nationalization) Act, 1974

46 Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979

47 Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

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48 Banks (Nationalization) (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 2007

49 Banks (Nationalization) Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

50 Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment) Act, 2010

51 Board of Directors of the Federal Bank for Co-operatives & Regulation of Co-operative Banking (Meetings) Rules, 1977

52 Board of Investment Ordinance, 2001

53 Co-operative Societies (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1960

54 Establishment Of The Federal Bank For Cooperatives And Regulation Of Cooperative Banking Act, 1977

55 Financial Institutions (Recovery Of Finances) Ordinance, 2001

56 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947

57 Foreign Exchange Rules, 1952

58 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Act 1957

59 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Application to Azad Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1963

60 Foreign Exchange (Prevention of Payments) Act, 1972

61 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

62 Foreign Currency Loans (Rate of Exchange) Order, 1982

63 Government Savings Banks Act, 1873

64 Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (Re-Organization and Conversion) Ordinance, 2006

65 Industrial Development Bank Of Pakistan (Reorganization And Conversion) Ordinance,2009

66 Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (Reorganization & Conversion) Act, 2011

67 Islamic Banking

68 International Monetary Fund and Bank Act, 1950

69 Investment Companies and Investment Advisers Rules, 1971

70 Loans for Agricultural Purposes Act, 1973

71 Micro Finance Bank Ordinance, 2000

72 Micro Finance Bank (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

73 Microfinance Institutions Ordinance, 2001

74 National Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1949

75 National Insurance Corporation (Reorganization) Ordinance, 2000

76 Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

77 Offences in Respect of Banks (Special Courts) Ordinance, 1984

78 Pakistan Banking Finance Services Commission 1992

79 Privatization Commission Ordinance, 2000

80 Public Debt Act, 1944

81 Public Debt (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979

82 Punjab Agriculturists Loans Act, 1958

83 Punjab Bait-ul-Mal Act, 1991

84 Punjab Co-operative Societies and Co-operative Banks (Repayment of Loans Ordinance, 1966

85 Punjab Debtors’ Protection Act, 1936

86 Punjab Usurious Loans Ordinance, 1959

87 SBP Banking Service Corporation Ordinance, 2001

88 State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Act, 2010

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89 State Bank Of Pakistan Act, 1956

90 State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979

91 State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

92 State Bank of Pakistan (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

93 State Bank Prudential Regulations For Consumer Financing, 2011

94 State Bank Prudential Regulations For Corporate., Commercial Banking, 2011

95 State Bank Prudential Regulations For Small & Medium Enterprises Financing, 2011

96 West Pakistan Agricultural Bank (Recovery of Dues) Ordinance, 1959

97 West Pakistan Agricultural Development Bank Ordinance, 1961

98 West Pakistan Co-operative Societies and Co-operative Banks (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1966

99 West Pakistan Money-Lenders Ordinance, 1960

Bar Councils, Associations, Public Defenders, Law Commission, & Legal Practioners Laws

Sr. No. LAWS

01 Access To Justice Development Fund Rules, 2002

02 Accounting Procedures of the Access to Justice Development Fund, 2005

03 Canons of professional conduct and etiquette of Advocates

04 Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970

05 Central Law Officers (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2009

06 Companies (Appointment of Legal Advisers) Act, 1974

07 Companies (Appointment of Legal Advisers) Rules, 1975

08 Continuance of Legal Proceedings Act, 1950

09 Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Ordinance, 1979

10 Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (Procedure) Rules 1980

11 Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (Members’ Traveling Allowance) Rules, 1980

12 Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Employees (Terms and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1992

13 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legal Practioners Rules, 1957

14 Legal Practice (Disqualifications) Ordinance, 1964

15 Legal Practitioners And Bar Councils Act, 1973

16 Legal Practitioners And Bar Councils Act, with rules 1973

17 Punjab Bar Council Employees Service Rules, 1974

18 Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976

19 Pakistan Bar Council Legal Education Rules, 1978

20 Pakistan Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Rules, 1976

21 Pakistan Legal Practitioners And Bar Councils (Amendment) Rules, 1987

22 Pakistan Bar Council (Amendment) Appeal Rules, 1987

23 Pakistan Bar Council Free Legal Aid Rules, 1999

24 Northern Areas Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils Order, 2000,

25 Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (Amendment) Rules, 2003

26 Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004

27 Legal Practitioners and Bar Councils (Amendment Ordinance, 2007

28 Legal Practioners and Bar Councils (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008

29 Punjab Public Defender Service Act, 2007

30 Public Defenders and Legal Aid Office Ordinance,2009

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Business & Commercial Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Board of Investment Ordinance. 2001

02 Brokers and Agents Registration Rules, 2001

03 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925

04 Carriers Act, 1865

05 Cement Industry (Cost Accounting Records), Order 1994

06 Censorship of Films Act, 1963

07 Cigarettes (Printing of Warning) Ordinance ,1979

08 Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939

09 Common Bonded Warehouse (Conventional) Rules, 1998

10 Companies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Rules, 1998

11 Competition (Merger Control) Regulations, 2007

12 Competition Commission (Expenditure and Investment) Regulations, 2007

13 Contract Act, 1872

14 Copyright (Amendment ) Act, 1992

15 Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

16 Copyright Ordinance, 1962

17 Copyright Rules, 1967

18 Corporate and Industrial Restructuring Corporation Ordinance, 2000

19 Corporate and Industrial Restructuring Corporation Rules, 2001

20 Corporate Law Authority Rules, 1984

21 Defence Housing Authority Lahore Ordinance, 1999

22 Economic Reforms (Acquisition and Compensation) Rules, 1973

23 Economic Reforms Order, 1972

24 Electronic Crimes Act 2003

25 Electronic Data Protection Act 2005

26 Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002

27 Eradication of Corrupt Business Practices Ordinance, 1998

28 Export Oriented Units Rules, 1998

29 Export Policy and Procedures Order 2000

30 Export Policy Order 2009

31 Export Policy Order, 2005

32 Export Processing Zones Authority Ordinance, 1980

33 Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001

34 Foodstuffs and Fertilizers (Cancellation of Authorizations and Dealerships) Ordinance, 1978

35 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947

36 Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act, 1976

37 Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Act, 2011

38 Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 1995

39 Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

40 Islamabad Consumers Protection (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

41 Margin Trading Rules, 2004

42 Marketing Of Petroleum Products (Federal Control) (Repeal) Ordinance, 2002

43 Marketing of Petroleum Products (Federal Control) Act, 1974

44 Non-Performing Assets and Rehabilitation of Industrial Undertakings (Legal Proceedings) Ordinance, 2000

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45 Non-perfuming Assets and Rehabilitation of Industrial Undertakings (Legal Proceedings) (Amendment) Act, 2004

46 Notaries (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

47 Notaries (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1969

48 Notaries Ordinance, 1961

49 Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996

50 Partnership Act 1932

51 Power of Attorney Act, 1882

52 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance, 2007

53 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance, 2008

54 Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance, 2009

55 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment Ordinance, 2007

56 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

57 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding Act, 1977

58 Private Equity & Venture Capital Fund Regulations, 2008

59 Private Power and Infrastructure Board Act, 2011

60 Privatization Commission (Authentication of Documents Under Common Seal) Regulations, 2001

61 Privatization Commission (Hiring of Valuers) Regulations, 2007

62 Privatization Commission (Valuation of Property) Rules, 2007

63 Privatization Commission Ordinance, 2000

64 Protection of Economic Reforms Act, 1992

65 Protection of Software Ordinance, 2000

66 Public Companies (Employees Stock Option Scheme) Rules, 2001

67 Public Procurement Regulations 2008

68 Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Ordinance, 1978

69 Punjab Consumer Protection Act 2005

70 Punjab Economic Research Institute Ordinance 1980

71 Punjab Fair Price Shops (Factories) Ordinance, 1971

72 Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Act, 2009

73 Punjab Pure Food Ordinance, 1960

74 Punjab Real Estate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) Ordinance, 1980

75 Punjab Shops and Establishments (Security) Act, 1999

76 Punjab Timber Market (Lahore) Ordinance, 1963

77 Punjab Vegetable Market (Lahore) Ordinance, 1963

78 Punjab Weights and Measures Ordinance, 1965

79 Registered Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2000

80 Retailers Enlistment Tax Rules, 2000

81 Sale of Goods Act, 1930

82 Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority Ordinance, 2002

83 Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Ordinance, 2006

84 Trade Market Rules, 1963

85 Trade Marks Act, 1940

86 Trade Marks Ordinance, 2000

87 Trade Marks Rules, 2004

88 Trade Organizations Ordinance, 1961 (Application to Tribal Areas) Regulation, 1979

89 Trade Organizations Ordinance, 2007

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90 Travel Agencies Act, 1976

91 Travel Agencies Rules, 1977

92 Venture Capital Companies and Fund Managers Rules, 1995

93 West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969

94 West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Rules, 1969

Cantonment Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Cantonment Areas Union Committee (Property) Rules, 1946

02 Cantonment Laws

03 Cantonments (Requisitioning of Immovable Property) Ordinance, 1948

04 Cantonments in Pakistan List

05 Cantonments Pure Food Act, 1966

06 Cantonments Rent Restriction Act, 1963

07 Defence Housing Authority Islamabad Ordinance, 2005

08 Defence Housing Authority Islamabad Ordinance, 2007

09 Defence Housing Authority Islamabad Ordinance, 2009

10 Defence Housing Authority Lahore Order, 2002

11 Defence Housing Authority Lahore Ordinance, 1999

12 Defence Housing Authority Peshawar Act, 2009

13 Defence Housing Authority Suffa University Ordinance, 2002

Children, Worker’s’ Children Education, Juvenile & Guardian Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Balochistan Court Of Wards (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

02 Baluchistan, Workers' Children (Education) Cess Rules, 1973

03 Child Marriage Restraint Act (1929).

04 Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933..

05 Child Marriage Restraint (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971

06 Employment of Children Act, 1938

07 Employment of Children Act 1991

08 Employment of Children Rules, 1995

09 Guardian and Wards Act, 1890

10 Islamabad Capital Territory Workers Children Education Cess (Utilization) Rules, 1981

11 Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000

12 Juvenile Justice Rules, 2001

13 Juvenile Smoking Ordinance 1959

14 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Protection and Welfare Act, 2010

15 Northwest Frontier Province Workers' Children (Education) Collection of Cess Rules, 1973.

16 Northwest Frontier Province Workers' Children Education Cess (Utilization) Rules, 1981.

17 North-West Frontier Province Employment of Children Rules, 1996

18 Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Ordinance, 2002

19 Punjab Borstal Act, 1926

20 Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903

21 Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act, 2004

22 Punjab Employment of Children (Workshop) Rules, 1939

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23 Punjab Juvenile Smoking Ordinance, 1959

24 Rights of Child In Pakistan

25 Sind Workers Children (Education) Cess Rules, 1974

26 Sind Workers Children (Education) (Disbursement Of Benefits) Rules, 1976

27 Sindh Child Protection Authority Act, 2011

28 Sindh Employment of Children Rules, 1995

29 Workers Children (Education) Ordinance, 1972

Citizenship & Immigration Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Emigration Act, 1922

02 Emigration Rules, 1959

03 Emigration Act, 1976

04 Emigration Ordinance, 1979

05 Emigration Rules, 1979

06 Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981

07 Government Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Rules, 1962

08 National Database and Registration Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

09 National Database And Registration Authority Ordinance, 2000

10 National Registration (Application To Federally Administered Areas) Regulation, 1989

11 National Registration Act, 1973

12 National Registration Rules, 1975

13 Naturalization Act, 1926

14 Naturalization Rules (Amendment), 1973

15 Naturalization Rules, 1961

16 Pakistan (Control of Entry) Act, 1952

17 Pakistan Citizenship Act, 1951

18 Pakistan Citizenship Rules, 1952

19 Pakistan Naturalization Rules, 1961

20 Pakistan Rangers Ordinance, 1959

21 Passport (Offences) Act, 1952

22 Passport Act, 1974

23 Passport Rules, 1974

24 Registration of Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1966

25 Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939

26 Registration of Foreigners Rules, 1966

27 Travel Agencies Act, 1976

Civil Servants Service Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Accommodation Allocation Rules, 2002

02 All-Pakistan Services (Change in Nomenclature) Rules, 1973, and shall come into force at once

03 Appointment to Civil Posts (Relaxation of Upper Age Limit) Rules, 1993

04 Armed Forces (Emergency Duties) Act, 1947

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05 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service (Judicial Branch) Rules, 1984

06 Baluchistan Civil Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1974

07 Baluchistan Public Service Commission Act, 1974

08 Baluchistan Service Tribunals Act, 1974

09 Baluchistan Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules, 1975

10 Baluchistan Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 1977

11 Baluchistan Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979

12 Balochistan Civil Servants (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1983

13 Balochistan Secretariat (Miscellaneous Posts) (B-16 and above) Service Rules, 1995

14 Balochistan Civil Servants (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

15 Balochistan Civil Servants (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

16 Balochistan Civil Servants (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

17 Balochistan Civil Servants (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

18 Balochistan Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

19 Balochistan Civil Servants (Amendment ) Act, 2003

20 Balochistan Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2003

21 Balochistan Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Act, 2004

22 Balochistan Civil Servants (Seniority) Rules, 2008

23 Central Employees Benevolent Fund And Group Insurance Act, 1969

24 Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

25 Civil Service Of Pakistan (Composition And Cadre) Rules, 1954

26 Civil Servants (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1973.

27 Civil Servants Act, 1973

28 Civil Service (Change In Nomenclature Of Services And Abolition Of Classes) Rules, 1973

29 Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1977

30 Civil Servants Leave Rules, 1986

31 Civil Servants (Confirmation) Rules ,1993

32 Civil Servants (Seniority) Rules, 1993

33 Civil Servants(Confirmation) Rules, 1993

34 Coal Mines (Fixation Of Rates Of Wages) Ordinance, 1960

35 Defence Services Laws Amendment Ordinance, 1967

36 Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, 1981

37 Employees Cost of Living (Relief) Act, 1973

38 Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965

39 Employees Old-Age Benefits (Registration Of Employers And Insured Persons) Rules, 1976

40 Employees' Old-Age Benefits Act, 1976.

41 Employees’ Old-Age Benefits (Contributions) Rules, 1976

42 Employees of the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Allocation to Provinces) Order (1979).

43 Employees’ Old-Age Benefits (Investment) Rules, 1979

44 Employees Old age Benefits (General), Regulations, 1980

45 Employees' Old-age Benefits (Payment Of Invalidity Allowance) Regulations, 1981

46 Employees Provident Fund (Investment in Listed Securities) Rules, 1996

47 Employees Old Age Benefits (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

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48 Employees Old Age Benefits (Determination of Complaints Questions and Disputes ) Regulations,2007

49 Employment (Record of Services) Act, 1951

50 Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002.

51 Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983

52 Ex-Government Servants (Employment With Foreign Governments) (Prohibition) Act, 1966

53 Ex-Employees of the Former Government of East Pakistan (Appointment to Federal Posts) Ordinance, 1983

54 Ex-Employees of the Former Government of East Pakistan (Appointment to Provincial Posts) Act, 1986

55 Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2005

56 Federal Employees Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Act_ 1969 (Amendment) Ordinance_ 2004

57 Federal Employess Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2010

58 Federal Public Service Commission Act 1973

59 Federal Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1977.

60 Federal Public Service Commission (Composition And Conditions Of Service) Regulations,1978

61 Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

62 Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

63 Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

64 Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2003

65 Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment) Act, 2006

66 Federal Public Service Commission (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2009

67 Gilgit Baltistan Public Service Commission (Functions) Rules,2010

68 Gilgit-Baltistan Sservice Tribunals Act,2010

69 Fee-Charging Employment Agencies (Regulation) Act, 1976

70 Government Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Rules, 1962

71 Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1964

72 Government Servants (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1973

73 Governor-General's Pension Act, 1954

74 Governors Pension (Amendment) Order, 2004

75 High Court of West Pakistan (Civil Services) Delegation of Powers Rules, 1960

76 High Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Order, 1997

77 High Court Judges (Service Benefits) Order, 2000

78 High Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) (Amendment) Order, 2003

79 High Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges (Amendment ) Order, 2007

80 High Court Judges (Pensionary Benefits) Order, 2007

81 Judicial Officers Protection Act, 1850

82 Members of Punjab Local Councils Service (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1999.

83 N.W.F.P. Civil Servants Acts, 1973

84 North West Frontier Province Civil Servants Act, 1973

85 North-West Frontier Province Adhoc Civil Servants(Regularization of Services)Act, 1987

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86 North-West Frontier Province Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1986

87 North-West Frontier Province Civil Servants (Regularization of services)Act, 1988

88 North-west Frontier Province Employees on contract Basis (Regularization of Services)(Amendment) Act, 1990

89 North-West Frontier Province employees on Contract Basis (Regularization of Services)Act, 1989

90 North-West Frontier Province Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1987

91 North-West Frontier Province Government Servants (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1973

92 North-West Frontier Province Medical and Health Institutions and Regulation of Health Care services Ordinance, 2002

93 North-West Frontier Province Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1978

94 North-West Frontier Province Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000

95 North-West Frontier Province Servants (Appointment, Promotion And Transfer) Rules,1989

96 North-West Frontier Province Service Tribunal Act, 1974

97 North-West Frontier Province Service Tribunals Rules, 1974

98 North-West Frontier Province Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal Act, 1991

99 Pakistan Armed Forces (Acting In Aid Of The Civil Power) Ordinance, 1998

100 Pakistan Armed Forces (Recruitment And Conditions Of Service) Act, 1948

101 Pakistan Armed Forces Nursing Service Act, 1952

102 Pakistan Law Commission Employees (Terms And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 1992

103 Payment Of Wages Act, 1936

104 Pensioners Benefit Account Rules, 2003 (Amendment)

105 Population Welfare Planning Programme (Appointment and Termination of Services) Ordinance, 1981

106 Provident Funds Act, 1925

107 Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965

108 Provincial Service Tribunals (Extension of Provisions Of The Constitution) Act, - 1974

109 Public Servants (Inquires) Act, 1850

110 Punjab (Civil Services) Delegation Of Powers Rules, 1983

111 Punjab Administrative Vigilance Commission (Repeal) Ordinance, 1982

112 Punjab Bar Council Employees Service Rules, 1974

113 Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

114 Punjab Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

115 Punjab Civil Servants (Appointment And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 1974

116 Punjab Civil Servants (Change In Nomenclature Of Services And Abolition Of Classes) Rules, 1974

117 Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1975

118 Punjab Civil Servants (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1999

119 Punjab Civil Servants (Ratios Of Recruitment) Rules, 1973

120 Punjab Civil Servants Act, 1974

121 Punjab Civil Servants Recruitment (Relaxation Of Upper Age Limit) Rules,1976

122 Punjab Corporation Employees (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1978

123 Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act, 2006

124 Punjab Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Act, 1958

125 Punjab Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Act, 1958

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126 Punjab Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability Act, 2006

127 Punjab Employees Special Allowance (Payment) Act, 1988

128 Punjab General Provident Investment Fund Ordinance, 2007

129 Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969

130 Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

131 Punjab Government Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance, 1960

132 Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation Act, 2004

133 Punjab Judicial Academy Act, 2007

134 Punjab Office of the Ombudsman Act, 1997

135 Punjab Pensions Fund Act, 2007

136 Punjab Public Defender Service Act, 2007

137 Punjab Public Service Commission (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

138 Punjab Public Service Commission (Function) Rules, 1978

139 Punjab Public Service Commission Examination Reforms Act, 1977

140 Punjab Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1978

141 Punjab Removal from Service (Special Powers) (Amendment) Act, 2003

142 Punjab Removal From Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000

143 Punjab Road Transport Board Removal of Undesirable Employees Ordinance, 1965

144 Punjab Secretariat Allowance (Withdrawal) Act, 1997

145 Punjab Service Tribunals (Procedure) Rules, 1975

146 Punjab Service Tribunals Act, 1974

147 Punjab Social Services Board Ordinance, 1970

148 Punjab Subordinate Judiciary Service Tribunal Act, 1991

149 Punjab Treasuries Department (Delegation of Powers) Rules, 1980

150 Punjab Tribunals of Inquiry Ordinance, 1969

151 Punjab Universities Removal of Undesirable Government Servants Ordinance, 1962

152 Removal from Service (Special Powers) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2003

153 Removal from Service (Special Powers) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

154 Removal from Service (Special Powers) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2003

155 Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000

156 Salary of Judges of Supreme Courts Order, 2002

157 Service Tribunals Act, 1973

158 Sind Civil Servants (Efficiency & Discipline) Rules, 1973

159 Sind Government Servants Benevolent Fund Rules, 1960

160 Sind Government Servants Benevolent Fund, Part I (Disbursement) Rules, 1965

161 Sind Government Servants Benevolent Fund, Part-II (Disbursement) Rules, 1966

162 Sindh Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1980

163 Sindh Civil Servants (Appointment And Conditions Of Service) Rules, 1974

164 Sindh Civil Servants (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1973

165 Sindh Civil Servants (Probation, Confirmation And Seniority) Rules, 1975

166 Sindh Government Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance, 1960

167 Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) (Amendment) Order, 2004

168 Water and Power Development Authority (Chairman and Members) Service Rules, 1972

169 West Pakistan Departmental Inquiries (Powers) Act, 1958

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170 West Pakistan Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969

171 West Pakistan Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1966

172 West Pakistan Government Servants (Restrictions on Marriages with Foreign Nationals) Rules, 1963

173 West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958

174 West Pakistan Validation of Naib-Tehsildars and Naib-Tahsildar Candidates Selection Ordinance, 1962

Civil Major Acts Sr. No. LAWS

01 Alternate Dispute Resolution Rules, 2002

02 Apprenticeship Ordinance, 1962.

03 Apprenticeship Rules, 1966.

04 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Rent Restriction Act,1986

05 Balochistan Consumers Protection Act 2003

06 Baluchistan Civil Disputes (Shariat Application) Regulation, 1976

07 Baluchistan Civil Disputes (Shariat Application) Rules, 1977

08 Baluchistan Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1980

09 Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891

10 Banking Companies Ordinance with Rules 1962

11 Banking Companies Rules, 1963

12 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1979

13 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1984

14 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Act, 1997

15 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

16 Banking Companies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

17 Banking Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

18. Banking Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008

19 Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 2010

20 Banking Companies (Amendment) Act, 2011

21 Banking Companies (Recovery Of Loans) (Amendment ) Act, 1992

22 Banking Companies (Recovery Of Loans) (First Amendment ) Act, 1992

23 Banking Companies (Recovery of Loans, Advances, Credits and Finances) Act 1997

24 Banking Companies (Recovery of Loans, Advances, Credits and Finances) Ordinance, 1997

25 Banking Companies (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 1979

26 Banking Companies (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

27 Banking Tribunals Ordinance 1984

28 Banking Tribunals (Amendment) Act, 1993

29 Banking Tribunals (Validation Of Orders) Act, 1994

30 Banking Tribunals (Validation Of Orders) Ordinance, 1994

31 Banks (Nationalization) Act, 1974

32 Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979

33 Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1997

34 Banks (Nationalization) (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 2007

35 Banks (Nationalization) (Amendment) Act, 2010

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36 Board of Directors of the Federal Bank for Co-operatives & Regulation of Co-operative Banking (Meetings) Rules, 1977

37 Boilers Act, 1923

38 Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance, 2002.

39 Boilers and Pressure Vessels (Amendment) Act, 2009

40 Canal & Drainage (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

41 Canal & Drainage Act, 1873

42 Canal & Drainage Rules

43 Cantonments Rent Restriction Act, 1963

44 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925

45 Carriers Act, 1865

46 Civil Procedure (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1968

47 Civil Servants (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

48 Civil Servants (Appeal) Rules, 1977

49 Civil Servants (Appointment, Transfer and Promotion) Rules, 1973

50 Civil Servants (Seniority) Rules, 1993

51 Civil Servants Act, 1973

52 Civil Servants Leave Rules, 1986

53 Civil Servants(Confirmation) Rules, 1993

54 Code of Civil Procedure, 1908

55 Colonization of Government Land (Amendment) Act, 2009

56 Colonization of Government Lands (Amendment) Act, 2010

57 Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912

58 Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939

59 Conciliation Courts (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

60 Conciliation Courts (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

61 Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961

62 Contempt of Court Act, 1976

63 Contempt of Court Act, 2004

64 Contempt of Court Ordinance, 1998

65 Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003

66 Contract Act, 1872

67 Co-operative Societies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

68 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1973

69 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1974

70 Co-operative societies (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1960

71 Co-operative Societies Act, 1925

72 Co-operative Societies Rules, 1927

73 Co-operative Societies Act, 1912

74 Co-operative. Societies (Reforms) Ordinance, 1980

75 Court Fees (Amendment ) Act, 1990

76 Court Fees Act 1870

77 Defamation Ordinance, 2002

78 Displaced Persons (Land Settlement)(Amendment) Act, 1974

79 Easements Act, 1882

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80 Evacuee Property and Displaced persons Laws (Repeal) Act, 1975

81 Evidence Act, 1872

82 Extradition Act, 1972

83 Fatal Accident Act, 1855

84 Financial Institutions (Recovery of Finances) Ordinance, 2001

85 Forest Act, 1927

Companies & Corporate Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Asset Management Companies Rules 1995

02 Balloters, Transfer Agents and Underwriters Rules, 2001

03 Banking Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

04 Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962

05 Banking Companies Rules, 1963

06 Board Of Investment Ordinance, 2001

07 Brokers And Agents Registration Rules, 2001

08 Capital Issues (Continuance Of Control) Act, 1947

09 Capital Issues (Exemption) Order, 1967

10 Central Depository Companies (Establishment And Regulation) Rules, 1996

11 Central Depositories Act, 1997

12 Central Depositories (Amendment) Act, 1998

13 Chartered Accountants Ordinance, 1961

14 Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939

15 Common Bonded Warehouse (Conventional) Rules, 1998

16 Companies (Amendment) Act, 1999

17 Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

18 Companies (Foreign Interests) Act, 1918

19 Companies Profits (Worker's Participation) Act, 1968

20 Companies Profits (Workers' Participation) Rules, 1971

21 Companies (Appointment Of Trustees) Act, 1972

22 Companies (Shifting Of Registered Office) Ordinance, 1972

23 Companies (Appointment Of Trustees) Rules, 1973

24 Companies (Appointment Of Legal Advisers) Act, 1974

25 Companies (Appointment Of Legal Advisers) Rules, 1975

26 Companies Ordinance, 1984

27 Companies (Registration Offices) Regulations, 1986

28 Companies (Invitation And Acceptance Of Deposits) Rules, 1987

29 Companies (Management By Administrator) Rules, 1993

30 Companies (Issue of Capital) Rules, 1996

31 Companies (Audit of Cost Accounts) Rules, 1998

32 Companies (Asset Backed Securitization) Rules, 1999

33 Companies (Buy-Back Of Shares) Rules, 1999

34 Companies (Rehabilitation Of Sick Industrial Units) Rules, 1999

35 Companies' Share Capital (Variation In Rights And Privileges) Rules, 2000

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36 Companies (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

37 Companies (Registration Offices) Regulations, 2003

38 Competition (General Enforcement) Regulations, 2007

39 Competition (Leniency) Regulations, 2007

40 Competition (Merger Control) Regulations, 2007

41 Competition Commission (Expenditure and Investment) Regulations, 2007

42 Contract Act, 1872

43 Copyright Ordinance, 1962

44 Copyright Rules, 1967

45 Copyright (Amendment ) Act, 1992

46 Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

47 Corporate Law Authority Rules, 1984

48 Corporate and Industrial Restructuring Corporation Ordinance, 2000

49 Corporate and Industrial Restructuring Corporation Rules, 2001

50 Corporation Employees (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1978

51 Credit Rating Companies Rules, 1995

52 Eradication of Corrupt Business Practices Ordinance, 1998

53 Export Processing Zones Authority Ordinance, 1980

54 Export Oriented Units Rules, 1998

55 Export Policy Order, 2005

56 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947

57 Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection ) Act, 1976

58 Insurance Ordinance, 2000

59 Insurance Rules, 2002

60 Investment Companies And Investment Advisers Rules, 1971

61 Listed Companies (Prohibition Of Insiders Trading) Guidelines

62 Listed Companies (Substantial Acquisition Of Voting Shares ) Ordinance, 2002

63 Margin Trading Rules, 2004

64 Marketing of Petroleum Products (Federal Control) Act, 1974

65 Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (Control and Prevention Ordinance, 1970

66 Monopoly Control Authority (Net Worth Of Stocks And Shares) Rules, 1977

67 Modaraba Companies And Modaraba (Floatation And Control) Ordinance, 1980

68 Modaraba Companies And Modaraba Rules, 1981

69 Monopoly Control Authority Rules, 1971

70 Monopoly Control Authority (Value Of Assets) Rules, 1991

71 National Insurance Corporation Act, 1976

72 Non-Performing Assets and Rehabilitation of Industrial Undertakings (Legal Proceedings) Ordinance, 2000

73 Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996

74 Partnership Act. 1932

75 Power-Of-Attorney Act, 1882

76 Public Companies (Employees Stock Option Scheme) Rules, 2001

77 Public Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002

78 Public Procurement Rules, 2004

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79 Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Ordinance, 1978

80 Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

81 Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

82 Punjab Consumer Protection Act 2005

83 Punjab Fair Price Shops (Factories) Ordinance, 1971

84 Punjab Procurement Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2007

85 Registered Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2001

86 Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Ordinance, 2006

87 Trade Marks Act, 1940

88 Trade Marks Rules, 1963

89 Trade Marks Ordinance, 2001

90 Trade Marks Rules, 2004

91 Trade Organizations Ordinance, 1961

92 Trade Organizations Ordinance, 2007

93 Travel Agencies Act, 1976

94 Undesirable Companies Ordinance, 1959

95 Vegetable Ghee and Cooking Oil Companies (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 1990

96 Venture Capital Companies and Fund Managers Rules, 1995

97 Venture Capital Companies And Venture Capital Funds Rules, 2001

98 West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969

Constitutional Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Constitutional Legislative History of Pakistan

02 Comparative Table of the Articles of Constitution of Pakistan, 1973, 1962, and 1956, the Constitution of ,India 1950 and the Government of India Act, 1935

03 Objective Resolution

Constitutional Laws

04 Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1956

05 Constitution of Republic of Pakistan 1962

06 [Interim] Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

07 Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 (In English)

08 Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 (In Urdu)

Azad Jammu & Kashmir Interim Constitution, 1974

President’s Constitution Amendment Orders

09 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1979 Dated 7th February 1979

10 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 1979 Dated 18th October, 1979

11 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 1980 Dated 27th May October, 1980 21st June 1980

12 Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1980 Dated 18th September, 1980

13 Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Order, 1980 Dated 30th November, 1980

14 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1981

15 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 1981

16 Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1981

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17 Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Order, 1981

18 Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Order, 1981

19 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1982

20 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 1982

21 Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1982

22 Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Order, 1982

23 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1983

24 Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1983

25 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1984

26 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 1984

27 Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1980.

28 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 1985

29 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 1985

30 Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1985

31 Provisional Constitution Order 1 of 1999 Dated 14th October 1999.

32 Constitution (Amendment) Order, 2007 Dated 20th November, 2007

33 Constitution (Second Amendment) Order, 2007 Dated 14th December, 2007

Constitution Amendment Acts

34 Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974

35 Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1974

36 Constitution (Third Amendment) Act, 1975

37 Constitution (Fourth Amendment) Act, 1975

38 Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1976

39 Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1976

40 Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1977

41 Constitution (Eighth Amendment) Act, 1985

42 Constitution (Ninth Amendment) Act, 1985

43 Constitution (Tenth Amendment) Act, 1987

44 Constitution (Eleventh Amendment) Act, 1989

45 Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Act, 1991

46 Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1997

47 Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1997

48 Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1998

49 Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 1999

50 Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003

51 Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010

52 Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 2010

53 Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 2012

54 National Security Council Act, 2004

55 Constitutions of Pakistan (Comparison of Provisions)

President Orders Legal Framework

56 Legal Framework Order, 2002

57 Legal Framework (Amendment) Order, 2002

58 Legal Framework (Second Amendment) Order, 2002

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59 Legal Framework (Removal of Difficulty) Order, 2002

60 Legal Framework (Removal of Difficulty) Order, 2002 Dated 22nd November, 2002

Orders Governor Rules , Martial Law & Emergency Laws

61 Enforcement of Constitution Order, 1985

62 Governor Rule Sindh Order 30th October, 1998

63 Laws (Continuance in Force) Order, 1977

64 Martial Law Regulation 1977 No. 1

65 Martial Law Regulation 1977 No. 3

66 Martial Law Regulation 1977 No. 6

67 Martial Law (Pending Proceedings) Order, 1985

68 Martial Law Order No 1371 (Repeal) Act, 1989

69 Proclamation of Martial Law Dated 5th July, 1977

70 Proclamation of Withdrawal of Martial Law Dated 30th December 1985

71 Proclamation of Emergency Order, 2001

72 Proclamation of Emergency Dated 3rd November, 2007

73 Provisional Constitution Order 1 of 1999 Dated 14th October 1999

74 Provisional Constitution Order No. 1 of 2007 Dated 3rd November, 2007

75 Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Dated 29th December 1985

76 Revocation of Proclamation of Emergency Order, 2007 Dated 15th December, 2007

Co-operative Societies Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Board of Directors of the Federal Bank for Co-operatives & Regulation of Co-operative Banking (Meetings) Rules, 1977

02 Co-operative Societies (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

03 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1973

04 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1974

05 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Second Amendment) Act, 1973

06 Co-operative societies (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1960

07 Co-operative Societies Act, 1925

08 Co-operative Societies Rules, 1927

09 Co-operative Societies Act, 1912

10 Co-operative Societies) Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1960

11 Co-operative. Societies (Reforms) Ordinance, 1980

12 Multi-Unit Co-operative Societies Act, 1942

13 Pakistan Defence Officers Housing Authority Order, 1980

14 Punjab Co-operative Societies and Co-operative Banks (Repayment of Loans Ordinance, 1966

15 Punjab Undesirable Cooperative Societies (Dissolution) Act, 1993

16 Societies Registration Act, 1860

17 West Pakistan Co-operative Board (Dissolution) Act, 1966

18 West Pakistan Co-operative Societies and Co-operative Banks (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1966

Courts Procedural & Litigation Laws

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Sr. No. LAWS

01 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Shariat Court (Procedure) Rules, 1982

02 Azad Jammu And Kashmir Enforcement Of Shariah Act, 1989

03 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Notaries Rules, 1981

04 Civil Procedure Code, 1908

05 Civil Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964

06 Civil Procedure (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1968

07 Code of Civil Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964

08 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

09 Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1940

10 Punjab Criminal Procedure (Election Offences) Amendment Act, 1936

11 Code of Criminal Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

12 Code of Criminal Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964

13 Code of Criminal Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1968

14 Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971

15 Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1972

16 Code Of Criminal Procedure (Third Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

17 Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2007

18 Code of Criminal Procedure (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 2007

19 Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

20 Code of Criminal Procedure (Balochistan Amendment) Act, 2010

21 Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act,2011

22 Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961

23 West Pakistan Conciliation Courts Rules, 1962

24 Conciliation Courts Ordinance (West Pakistan Amendment) Act 1963

25 Conciliation Courts (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance 1966

26 Court-Fees Act, 1870

27 Court Fees (Sind Amendment) Ordinance, 1978

28 North- West Frontier Province Court-Fees (Abolition) Ordinance, 1978

29 North-West Frontier Province Court Fees (Abolition) (Amendment) Ordinance. 1980

30 Punjab Court Fees (Abolition) Ordinance, 1983

31 Court Fees (Amendment) Act, 1990.

32 Criminal Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1968

33 Criminal Law (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1969

34 Pakistan Criminal Law (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

35 West Pakistan Criminal Law (Amendment) Act (Transfer of Pending Cases) Ordinance, 1971

36 North- West Frontier Province and Criminal Law (Special Provisions) Act, 1977.

37 Criminal Law (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

38 Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006

39 Criminal Law Amendment Act,2010

40 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011

41 West Pakistan Rules Under Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961

42 Family Courts Act 1964

43 West Pakistan Family Court Rules, 1965

44 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Family Courts Act, 1993

45 West Pakistan Family Courts (NWFP Amendment) Act, 1996

46 West Pakistan Family Courts (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1997.

47 West Pakistan Family Courts (Sindh Amendment) Act, 1997

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48 Family Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1997

49 Family Courts Amendment) Act, 1997.

50 Family Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

51 Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961

52 Muslim Family Laws (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975.

53 High Courts (Establishment) Order (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1981

54 Islamabad High Court (Establishment) Order, 2007

55 Islamabad High Court Act, 2010

56 Merchant Seamen (Litigation) Act, 1946

57 Notaries Ordinance, 1961.

58 Notaries (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

59 Notaries (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1969

60 Balochistan Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions And Powers) Act, 2010

61 Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act 2006

62 Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act, 2009

63 Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) (Amendment) Act, 2011

64 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Notaries Rules, 1981

65 Azad Jammu And Kashmir Notaries Act, 1985

66 Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887

67 Penal Code (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964

68 Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

69 Pakistan Penal Code (Amendment) Act, 2010

70 Pakistan Criminal Law (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

71 Punjab Civil Courts Ordinance, 1962

72 Punjab Copying Fees Act, 1936

73 Punjab Court of Wards Act, 1903

74 Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act 2006

75 Soldiers (Litigation) Act, 1925

76 Azad Jammu And Kashmir Suits Valuation Rules, 1956

77 Suits Valuation Act, 1887

Fees, Notaries Copying & Stamp, Suit Valuation Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Court-Fees Act, 1870

02 Court Fees (Sind Amendment) Ordinance, 1978

07 North-West Frontier Province Court Fees (Abolition) (Amendment) Ordinance. 1980

04 Punjab Court Fees (Abolition) Ordinance, 1983

05 Court Fees (Amendment ) Act, 1990

06 Court Fees (Amendment) Act, 1990

07 Notaries Ordinance, 1961

08 Notaries (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

09 Notaries (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1969

10 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Notaries Rules, 1981

11 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Notaries Act 1985

12 Punjab Copying Fees Act, 1936

13 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Suits Valuation Rules, 1956

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14 Suits Valuation Act, 1887

15 Stamp Act, 1899

16 Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1996

17 Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1997

18 Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

19 Stamp (Punjab amendment) Ordinance, 2001

20 Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

Courts Rules, Orders, Regulations, Appellate Jurisdiction & National Judicial Policy

Sr. No. LAWS

01 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service (Judicial Branch) Rules 1948

02 Azad Jammu And Kashmir Courts And Laws Code, 1949

03 Azad Jammu Kashmir High Court Petition Writers Rules,1952

04 Appellate Jurisdiction (High Courts And Supreme Court) (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1962

05 Appellate Jurisdiction (High Courts And Supreme Court) (Repeal) Act, 1963

06 Admiralty Jurisdiction Of High Courts Ordinance, 1980

07 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court Power of Review Act 1980

08 Azad Jammu And Kashmir Shariat Court (Procedure) Rules, 1982

09 Azad Jammu & Kashmir High Court (Procedure) Rules, 1984

10 Companies (Court) Rules, 1997

11 Federal Shariat Court Procedure Rules,1981

12 High Court of Sindh Benches Rules, 1987

13 Islamabad High Court Rules Original Side, 2008

14 Judicature High Courts

15 National Judicial Policy, 2009 (English)

16 National Judicial Policy, 2009 (Urdu)

17 Rules & Orders Lahore High Court Instruction to Civil Courts Special Jurisdiction and Accounts Volume-II

18 Rules and Orders Criminal Lahore High Court Volume-III

19 Rules and Orders Lahore High Court Instructions to Civil Courts Volume-I

20 Shariat Benches of Superior Courts Rules, 1979

21 Sindh High Court Rules & Forms on the Original Side

22 Supreme Appellate Court (Procedure) Rules, 1991

23 Supreme Court Rules, 1980

24 West Pakistan Conciliation Courts Rules, 1962

25 West Pakistan Family Court Rules, 1965

Criminal Major Acts Sr. No. LAWS

01 Execution of the Punishment of Whipping Ordinance, 1979

02 Abolition of the Punishment of Whipping Act, 1996.

03 Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, 2007

04 Anti-Money Laundering Rules, 2008

05 Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, 2009

06 Anti-Money Laundering (Amendment ) Act, 2009

07 Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010

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08 Anti-Narcotics Force Ordinance, 1996

09 Anti-Narcotics Force Act, 1997

10 Control of Narcotics Substances Act, 1997

11 Disposal of Vehicles and Other Articles (Involved in the Narcotic Cases) Rules, 2001

12 Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997

13 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment ) Act, 1998

14 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment ), Ordinance, 1998

15 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment ), Ordinance, 1999

16 Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 1999

17 Anti-Terrorism (Third Amendment ) Ordinance, 1999

18 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

19 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

20 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

21 Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

22 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2003

23 Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2004

24 Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment ) Act, 2004

25 Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

26 Baluchistan Prevention of Gambling Ordinance, 1978

27 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898

28 Code of Criminal Procedure (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

29 Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Act,2011

30 Contempt of Court Act, 1976

31 Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003

32 Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2004

33 Cutting of Tree (Prohibition) Act, 1992

34 Diyat, Arsh and Daman Fund Rules, 2007

35 Drugs Act, 1976

36 Drugs (Import and Export) Rules, 1976

37 Drugs Research Rules, 1976

38 Drugs (Licensing Registering and Advertising Rules 1976

39 Drugs (Federal Inspectors, Federal Drug Laboratory and Federal Government Analysts) Rules, 1976

40 Drugs (Appellate Board) Rules, 1976

41 Drugs (Specifications) Rules, 1978

42 Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1986

43 Drugs and Medicines (Indemnity) Act 1997

44 Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2006

45 Drug (Bio-Study) Rules,2011

46 Ehtram-e-Ramazan Ordinance, 1981

47 Ehtram-e-Ramazan Rules, 1981

48 Ehtram-e-Ramazan (Amendment) Ordinance, 1981

49 Electricity Act, 1910

50 Electricity Rules, 1937

51 Electricity Control Ordinance, 1965

52 Emigration Ordinance, 1979

53 Emigration Rules, 1979

54 Essential Commodities Act 1957

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55 Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983

56 Explosives Act, 1884

57 Explosive Substances Act, 1908

58 Explosives (Amendment) Ordinance 2002

59 Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974

60 Federal Investigation Rules, 1975

61 Federal Investigation Agency Members (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1978

62 Federal Investigation Agency)Inquiries & Investigations) Rules, 2002

63 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947

64 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Act 1957

65 Foreign Exchange Rules, 1952

66 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Act 1957

67 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

68 Hoarding and Black Market Act, 1948

69 Hoarding and Black Market Order, 1956

70 Illegal Dispossession Act, 2005

71 Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000

72 Juvenile justice rules, 2001

73 Juvenile Justice Rules, 2001

74 Limitation Act, 1908

75 Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Ordinance, 2000

76 Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

77 Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2011

78 Motion Pictures Ordinance, 1979

79 National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 (Updated Upto 26-03-2010)

80 National Accountability Bureau (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

81 National Accountability Bureau (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

82 North West Frontier Province Prevention of Gambling Ordinance, 1978

83 North West Frontier Province Prohibition of Kite Flying Activities Act.2006

84 Offence of “Qazf” (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance, 1979

85 Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979

86 Offences Against Property (Enforcement Of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979

87 Pakistan Arms Ordinance, 1965

88 Pakistan Arms (Amendment) Act, 1997

89 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997

90 Pakistan Environmental Protection Council (Procedure) Rules. 1993

91 Pakistan Environmental Tribunal Rules, 1999

92 Pakistan Penal Code, 1860

93 Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority Act, 1958

94 Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1996

95 Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1996

96 Passport (Offences) Act,1952

97 Passport Act,1974

98 Passport Rrles,1974

99 Police, Order, 2002

100 Police Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

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101 Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance, 2002

102 Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Rules 2004

103 Prevention of Anti National Activities Act, 1974

104 Prevention Of Corruption Act, 1947

105 Prevention of Gambling Act, 1877

106 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding Act, 1977

107 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment Ordinance, 2007

108 Price Control and Prevention of Profiteering and Hoarding (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009

109 Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979

110 Prohibition of Offenders Ordinance, 1960

111 Protection Against Harassment Of Women At The Workplace Act, 2010

112 Punjab Consumer Protection Act, 2005

113 Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act, 2006

114 Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act, 2004

115 Punjab Essential Articles (Control) Act, 1973

116 Punjab Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1973

117 Punjab Juvenile Justice Rules, 2002

118 Punjab Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Act 2003

119 Punjab Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) (Repeal) Act 2006

120 Punjab Prevention Of Gambling Ordinance, 1978

121 Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance, 2001

122 Punjab Prohibition of Private Money Lending Act, 2007

123 Punjab Public Defenders Services Act, 2007

124 Punjab Shops and Establishments (Security) Act, 1999

125 Punjab Universities & Boards Of Intermediate & Secondary Education Malpractices Act, 1950

126 Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984

127 Sindh Crime Control Act, 1975

128 Sindh Juvenile Justice Rules, 2002

129 Sindh Prevention Of Gambling Ordinance, 1978

130 Suppression Of Terrorist Activities (Special Courts) Act, 1975

131 Transplantation Of Human Organs And Tissues Act,2007

132 Transplantation Of Human Organs And Tissues (Amendment) Act, 2008

133 Transplantation Of Human Organs And Tissues Act, 2009

134 Transplantation Of Human Organs And Tissues Act, 2010

135 Water and Power Development Authority (Chairman and Members) Service Rules, 1972

136 Water and Power Development Authority (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1996

137 Water and Power Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

138 West Pakistan Maintenance Of Public Ordinance, 1960

139 West Pakistan Prohibition Of Offences Rules, 1962

140 West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers & Sound Amplifiers Ordinance, 1965

141 West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Amplifiers (Amendment) Act, 2011

142 West Pakistan Tribunal of Inquiry Ordinance, 1969

Criminal Minor Acts [Local & Special]

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Sr. No. LAWS

01 Abolition of Shishak Act, 1973

02 Abolition of Shishak Ordinance, 1973

03 Adulteration Offences (Special Courts) Act. 2003

04 Airports Security Force Act, 1975

05 Airports Security Force (Discipline) Rules, 1977

06 Airports Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984

07 Airports Security Force (Amendment ) Act, 1994

08 Allopathic System (Prevention of Misuse) Ordinance

09 Ancient Monuments Preservation Act, 1904

10 Ancient Monuments Preservation (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1962

11 Animals Slaughters Control Act, 1963

12 Anti-Dumping Duties Ordinance 2000

13 Anti-Dumping Duties Rules, 2001

14 Anti-Dumping Duties (Amendment ) Act, 2008

15 Anti-Dumping Duties (Amendment ) Act, 2009

16 Anti-Islamic Activities of Quadiani Group, Lahori Group and Ahmadis (Prohibition and Punishment) Ordinance, 1984

17 Antiquities (Export Control) Act, 1947

18 Antiquities Act, 1968

19 Antiquities Act (Application To The Tribal Areas) Regulation, 1973

20 Antiquities Act, 1975

21 Archival Material (Preservation And Export Control) Act, 1975

22 Arms Act, 1878

23 Balochistan Animal Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act, 2010

24 Balochistan Arms (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

25 Balochistan Canal And Drainage (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

26 Balochistan Canal And Drainage (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

27 Balochistan Clinical Laboratories Regulatory Authority Ordinance 2001

28 Balochistan Enquiries and Anti-Corruption Act, 2010

29 Balochistan Goats (Restriction) (Amendment) Act, 2010

30 Banker’s Books Evidence Act,1891

31 Boilers Act, 1923

32 Boilers (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1958

33 Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance, 2002.

34 Canal & Drainage Act, 1873

35 Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

36 Canal and Drainage Rules

37 Cantonments Pure Food Act, 1966

38 Cantonments Rent Restriction Act, 1963

39 Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997

40 Cattle Trespass Act, 1871

41 Censorship of Films Act, 1963

42 Central Law Officers Ordinance, 1970

43 Central Law Officers (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2009

44 Child Marriage Restraint Act,1929

45 Children (Pledging of Labour) Act, 1933

46 Child Marriage Restraint (Punjab Amendment ) Ordinance, 1971

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47 Cigarettes (Printing of Warning) Ordinance ,1979

48 Civil Aviation Ordinance, 1960

49 Civil Aviation Rules, 1994

50 Coal Mines (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Ordinance, 1960

51 Criminal Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1940

52 Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab) Amendment) Ordinance 1971

53 Code of Criminal Procedure (Punjab) Amendment) Ordinance 1971

54 Code of Criminal Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

55 Code of Criminal Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964

56 Code of Criminal Procedure (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1968

57 Code of Criminal Procedure (Balochistan Amendment) Act, 2010

58 Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939

59 Contempt of Court Act, 1976

60 Contempt of Court Ordinance,1998

61 Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2003

62 Contempt of Court Ordinance, 2004

63 Control of Employment Ordinance, 1965

64 Control of Employment Rules, 1965

65 Export Processing Zone (Control of Employment) Rules, 1982

66 Copyright Ordinance, 1962

67 Copyright Rules, 1967

68 Copyright (Amendment ) Act, 1992

69 Copyright (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2000

70 Criminal Law (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 1968

71 Criminal Law (Special Provisions) Rules, 1968

72 Criminal Law (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1969

73 Pakistan Criminal Law (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

74 West Pakistan Criminal Law (Amendment) Act (Transfer of Pending Cases) Ordinance, 1971

75 North- West Frontier Province and Criminal Law (Special Provisions) Act, 1977

76 Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance,2002

77 Criminal Law Reforms Ordinance, 2002

78 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act,2005

79 Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act, 2009

80 Criminal Law Amendment Act,2010

81 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2011

82 Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) (Amendment) Act, 2011

83 Customs Act, 1969

84 Cutting Of Trees (Prohibition) Act, 1975

85 Cutting of Trees Prohibition Act, 1992

86 Dangerous Cargoes Act, 1953

87 Defamation Ordinance 2002

88 Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2009

89 Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act, 1976

90 Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Rules, 1976

91 Drugs and Medicines (Indemnity) Act, 1957

92 Drugs (Appellate Board) Rules, 1976

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93 Drugs (Federal Inspectors, Federal Drug Laboratory and Federal Government Analysts) Rules, 1976

94 Drugs (Licensing Registering and Advertising Rules 1976

95 Drugs Act, 1976

96 Drugs (Import Export) Rules, 1976

97 Drugs Research Rules, 1978

98 Drugs (Specifications) Rules, 1978

99 Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1986

100 Balochistan Control on Possession and Consumption of Drugs( Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

101 Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2006

102 Easements Act, 1882

103 Ehtesab Ordinance, 1996

104 Ehtesab (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998

105 Ehtram-e-Ramazan Ordinance, 1981

106 Ehtram-e-Ramazan (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1981

107 Ehtram-e-Ramazan Rules, 1981

108 Electricity Act, 1910

109 Electricity Rules, 1937

110 Electricity Control Ordinance, 1965

111 Electricity Control (West Pakistan) Order, 1966

112 Electricity Act (Punjab Amendment ) Ordinance, 1971

113 Electricity Control Order, 1978 (KESC)

114 Electricity Rules, 1978

115 Electricity Rules, 1978 (Sind Amendment ) Rules

116 Electricity Rules, 1978 (Sind Amendment ) Rules

117 Electronic Crimes Act 2003

118 Electronic Data Protection Act 2005

119 Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002

120 Emigration Act, 1922

121 Emigration Rules, 1959

122 Emigration Act, 1976

123 Emigration Ordinance, 1979

124 Emigration Rules, 1979

125 Essential Commodities Act, 1957

126 Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) Order, 1983

127 Establishment of the Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance, 2000

128 Establishment of the Office of Wafaqi Mohtasib (Ombudsman) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

129 Exit from Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981

130 Explosives Act, 1884

131 Explosive Substances Act, 1908

132 Explosive Substances (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

133 Explosives (Amendment) Ordinance 2002

134 Extradition Act, 1972

135 Eye Surgery (Restriction) Ordinance, 1960

136 Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

137 Federal Court Act 1937

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138 Federal Court (Enlargement Of Jurisdiction) Act, 1949

139 Federal Investigation Agency F.I.A Act, 1974

140 Federal Investigation Agency (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1975

141 Federal Investigation Agency Rules 1975

142 Federal Investigation Agency Members (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1978

143 Federal Investigation Agency Inquiry and Investigation Rules, 2002

144 Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Act, 1951

145 Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration) Ordinance, 1981

146 Federal Security Force Act 1973

147 Federal Shariat Court Procedure Rules,1981

148 Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Application of Laws) Regulation 1975

149 Federally Administered Tribal Areas Development Corporation (Amendment ) Regulation, 2000

150 Fee-Charging Employment Agencies (Regulation) Act, 1976

151 Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870

152 Financial Institution Recovery of Finance Ordinance 2001

153 Foreign Currency Accounts (Protection) Ordinance 2001

154 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Application to Azad Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1963.

155 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1947

156 Foreign Exchange Rules, 1952

157 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Act 1957

158 Foreign Exchange (Prevention of Payments) Act, 1972

159 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

160 Foreigners Act, 1940

161 Foreigners Act, 1946

162 Foreigner's Order, 1951

163 Foreigners (Parolees) Order, 1965

164 Foreigners (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

165 Forest Act, 1927

Drugs & Medical Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Allopathic System (Prevention of Misuse) Ordinance, 1962

02 Anti-Narcotics Force Act, 1997

03 Anti-Narcotics Force Reward Rules, 2000

04 Azad Jammu & Kashmir Drugs Act (Adaptation) Ordinance, 1980

05 Central Manufactured Drugs Rules, 1934

06 Cigarettes (Printing of Warning) Ordinance, 1979

07 Cigarettes ( Printing of Warning) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

08 Control of Narcotic Substances (Regulation of Drugs of Abuse, Controlled Chemicals, Equipment and Materials) Rules, 2001

09 Control of Narcotic Substances Act, 1997

10 Dangerous Drugs (Import, Export and Transhipment) Rules, 1967

11 Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930

12 Diseases (Administration) Ordinance, 1979

13 Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan Act, 2006

14 Drugs (Appellate Board) Rules, 1976

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15 Drugs (Appellate Board) Rules, 1976

16 Drugs (Federal Inspectors, Federal Drug Laboratory and Federal Government Analysts) Rules, 1976

17 Drugs (Generic Names) Act, 1972

18 Drugs (Generic Names) Rules, 1973

19 Drugs (Import and Export) Rules, 1976

20 Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1978

21 Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1982

22 Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1986

23 Drugs (Labeling and Packing) Rules, 1986

24 Drugs (Licensing, Registering & Advertising Rules, 976

25 Drugs (Licensing, Registering and Advertising) Rules, 1976

26 Drugs (Research) Rules, 1978

27 Drugs (Specifications) Rules, 1978

28 Drugs Act, 1940

29 Drugs and Medicines (Indemnity) Act 1957

30 Drugs Act, 1976

31 Drugs Discounts and Price Adjustment Rules, 2006

32 Drugs Rules, 1945

33 Eye Surgery (Restriction) Ordinance, 1960

34 Health Foundation Act, 1992

35 Lunacy Act, 1922

36 Malaria Eradication Board (Repeal) Act, 1975

37 Medical and Dental Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1999

38 Medical and Dental Council Ordinance, 1962

39 Medical and Dental Degrees Ordinance, 1982

40 Medical and Dental Council Regulations, 2007

41 Medical and Health Institutions Act, 2003

42 Medical and Health Institutions Ordinance, 2002

43 Medical Officers (Regularization of Appointments) Act, 1992

44 Medical Qualifications (Information) Ordinance 1960

45 National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (Administration) Ordinance, 1979

46 National Institute of Health (Employees Contributory Provident Fund) Regulations, 1986

47 National Institute of Health Ordinance, 1980

48 Northern Areas Drugs Rules, 1996

49 North-West Frontier Dangerous Drugs (Confiscation and Rewards) Rules, 1954

50 North-West Frontier Province Medical and Health Institutions and Regulation of Health Care services Ordinance, 2002

51 Pakistan Nursing Council Act, 1973

52 Pharmaceutical Industry (Cost Accounting Records) Order 1995

53 Pharmacy Act, 1967

54 Poisons Act, 1919

55 Prohibition of Smoking and Protection of Non-Smokers Health Ordinance, 2002

56 Public Health (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance, 1944

57 Punjab Drug Rules, 1945

58 Punjab Drug Rules, 2007

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59 Punjab Medical and Health Institutions Act, 2003

60 Punjab Prohibition of Smoking in Cinema Houses (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

61 Punjab Transfusion of Safe Blood (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

62 Punjab Transfusion of Safe Blood Ordinance, 1999

63 Punjab Vaccination Ordinance, 1958

64 Punjab/Sindh/NWFP/Balochistan Drugs Rules, 1958

65 Sindh Drug Rules, 1979

66 Transfer of Population Welfare Programme Field Activities) Ordinance, 1983

67 Unani, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965

68 Unani, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Practitioners Act, 1965

69 Unani, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Systems of Medicine Rules, 1965

70 Unani, Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Systems of Medicine Rules, 1980

71 Unani, Ayurvedic and Homoeopathic Practitioners (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

72 Vaccination Act, 1880

73 West Pakistan Dangerous Drugs Rules, 1976

74 West Pakistan Epidemic Diseases Act, 1958

75 West Pakistan Foodstuffs (Control) (Punjab Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 1972

76 West Pakistan Hemp Drug Rules,1967

Factories & Labour Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Apprenticeship Ordinance, 1962

02 Apprenticeship Rules, 1966

03 Act For Avoiding Wagers (Amendment ) Act 1865

04 Boilers Act, 1923

05 Boilers (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1958

06 Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992

07 Chartered Accountants Ordinance, 1961

08 Coal Mines (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Ordinance, 1960

09 Companies Profits (Worker's Participation) Act, 1968

10 Companies Profits (Workers' Participation) Rules, 1971

11 Control of Employment Ordinance, 1965

12 Control of Employment Rules, 1965

13 Corporation Employees (Special Powers) Ordinance, 1978

14 Corporation Employees (Extension of Jurisdiction of Service Tribunals) Act, 1993

15 Cotton Control (Validation of Levy of Fees) Ordinance, 1971

16 Cotton Control (Validation of Transportation Fee) Act, 1974

17 Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925

18 Cotton Industry (Statistics) Act, 1926

19 Cotton Transport Act, 1923

20 Development of Industries (Federal Control) Act, 1972

21 Dock Labourers Act, 1934

22 Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1974

23 Employees' Old-Age Benefits, 1976

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24 Employees' Social Security Ordinance, 1965

25 Employment of Children Act, 1991

26 Excise Duty on Minerals (Labour Welfare) Act, 1967

27 Factories Act, 1934

28 Factories (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1940

29 Factories (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

30 Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

31 Heavy Industries Board Act, 2997

32 Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968

33 Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1960

34 Industrial Development Board Act, 1973

35 Industrial Disputes (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1967

36 Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969

37 Industrial Relations Ordinance, 2002

38 Industrial Statistics (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1958

39 Industrial Statistics Act, 1942

40 Industries (Control on Establishment and Enlargement) Ordinance, 1963

41 Labour Inspection Policy 2006

42 Labour Policy 2002

43 Mineral Development Corporation Act, 1975

44 Mines Act, 1923

45 Minimum Wages (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

46 Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1962

47 Minimum Wages Rules, 1962

48 Minor Mineral (Cancellation of Leases) Act, 1977

49 National Commission for Human Rights Act, 2004

50 Newspaper Employees, (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973

51 Non-Performing Assets and Rehabilitation of Industrial Undertakings (Legal Proceedings) Ordinance, 2000

52 Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1973

53 Privatization (Modes and Procedure) Rules, 2002

54 Privatization Commission (Authentication of Documents Under Common Seal) Regulations, 2002

55 Privatization Commission (Hiring of Financial Advisors) Regulations, 2007

56 Privatization Commission (Valuation of Property) Rules, 2002

57 Privatization Commission Ordinance, 2000

58 Privatization Commission (Amendment Bill) 2011

59 Provident Funds Act, 1925

60 Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance 1965

61 Provincial Industrial Development Corporation (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1964

62 Provincial Industrial Development Corporation (West Pakistan) (Amendment) Act, 1967

63 Provincial Industrial Development Corporation (West Pakistan) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965

64 Provincial Industrial Development Corporation (West Pakistan) (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1963

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65 Punjab Employees Special Allowance (Payment) Act, 1988

66 Punjab Fair Price Shops (Factories) Ordinance, 1972

67 Punjab Pension Fund Act, 2007

68 Punjab Small Industries Corporation Act, 1973

69 Punjab Social Services Board Ordinance, 1970

70 Punjab State Aid To Industries Act, 1935

71 Punjab Vagrancy (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

72 Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1973

73 Sugar Factories Control Act, 1950

74 Sugar Industry (Cost Accounting Records) Order, 2002

75 Trade Organizations Ordinance, 2007

76 Trade Organizations Ordinance, 1962

77 Weights and Measures of Capacity Act, 1872

78 West Pakistan Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968

79 West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958

80 West Pakistan Minimum Wages for Unskilled Workers (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

81 West Pakistan Minimum Wages For Unskilled Workers Ordinance, 1969

82 West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969

83 Worker’s Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1972

84 Workers Children (Education)Ordinance, 1972

85 Worker's Welfare Fund Rules, 1976

86 Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923

Family Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Anand Marriage Act, 1909

02 Arya Marriage Validation Act, 1937

03 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Family Courts Act, 1993

04 Births, Deaths And Marriages Registration Act, 1886

05 Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929

06 Child Marriage Restraint (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971

07 Christian Marriage Act, 1872

08 Claims for Maintenance (Recovery Abroad) Ordinance, 1959

09 Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961

10 Conciliation Courts Rules, 1962

11 Conciliation Courts Ordinance (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

12 Conciliation Courts (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance 1966

13 Court of Wards Act, 1903

14 Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act 1939

15 Dowry And Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act, 1976

16 Enforcement Of Shariah Act, 1991

17 Family Court Act, 1964

18 Family Court Rules, 1965

19 Family Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

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20 Government Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Rules, 1962

21 Guardian And Wards Act, 1890

22 Islamic Jurisprudence

23 Kazis Act, 1880

24 Majority Act, 1875

25 Marriage Functions (Prohibition Of Ostentatious Displays And Expenses) Ordinance, 2000

26 Marriage Functions (Prohibition Of Ostentatious Displays And Wasteful Expenses) Act, 2003

27 Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Amendment Act, 2006

28 Marriage Validation Act 1892

29 Muslim Family Laws (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975

30 Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1962

31 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1975

32 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972

33 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1948

34 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1962

35 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Amendment Act, 1964

36 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)Application Act, 1937

37 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)Application Sind Am. Act, 1950

38 Mussalman Waqf Validating Act, 1923

39 N.N.W.F.P. Muslim Personal Law(Shariat) Application Act 1935

40 Punjab Children (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

41 Punjab Conciliation Courts Rules, 1962

42 Punjab Custom (Powers to contest) Act, 1920

43 Punjab Laws Act 1872

44 Punjab Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) (Repeal) Act 2006

45 Punjab Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Act, 2003

46 Punjab Muslim Personal Law(Shariat) Application Am. 1952

47 Rules Under Muslim Family Laws

48 West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act (Amendment) 1983

49 West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983

50 West Pakistan Muslim personal Law (Shariat) Application (Amendment) Ordinance, 1963

51 West Pakistan Rules Under Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1962

Finance & Fiscal Acts Sr. No. LAWS

01 Appropriation Act, 1957

02 Appropriation Ordinance, 1959

03 Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1959

04 Appropriation Ordinance, 1960

05 Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1960

06 Appropriation Ordinance, 1961

07 Appropriation (Railways) Ordinance, 1961

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08 Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1961

09 Appropriation (Railways) Supplementary Ordinance, 1962

10 Appropriation (Supplementary) Ordinance, 1962

11 Azad Jammu & Kashmir Council Finance (Amendment) Act, 1979

12 Finance Supplementary Act, 1973

13 Finance Ordinances, 2002

14 Finance Act, 2003

15 Finance Act, 2004

16 Finance Act, 2006

17 Punjab Finance Act, 1963

18 Punjab Finance Act, 1964

19 Punjab Finance Act, 1965

20 Punjab Finance Act, 1966

21 Punjab Finance Act, 1967

22 Punjab Finance Act, 1968

23 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 1969

24 Punjab Finance Act, 1970

25 Punjab Finance Act, 1971

26 Punjab Finance Act, 1972

27 Punjab Finance Act, 1973

28 Punjab Finance Act, 1974

29 Punjab Finance Act, 1975

30 Punjab Finance Act, 1976

31 Punjab Finance Act, 1977

32 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 1978

33 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 1980

34 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 1981

35 Punjab Finance Act, 1985

36 Punjab Finance Act 1986

37 Punjab Finance Act, 1987

38 Punjab Finance Act, 1990

39 Punjab Finance Act, 1992

40 Punjab Finance Act, 1994

41 Punjab Finance Act, 1995

42 Punjab Finance Act, 1996

43 Punjab Finance Act 1997

44 Punjab Finance Act 1998

45 Punjab Finance Act 1999

46 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 2000

47 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 2001

48 Punjab Finance Ordinance, 2002

49 Punjab Finance (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

50 Punjab Finance Act 2003

51 Punjab Finance Act, 2004

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52 Punjab Finance Act 2005

53 Punjab Finance Act, 2006

54 Punjab Finance Act, 2007

55 Punjab Finance Act, 2008

56 Punjab Finance Act, 2009

57 Punjab Finance Act, 2010

58 Punjab Finance Act, 2011

59 Sindh Finance Act, 1989

60 Sind Finance Act,1989

61 Sindh Finance Ordinance 2001

62 West Pakistan Finance Act, 1962

Foreign & Foreign Exchange Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Agreement On The Network Of Aquaculture Centers In Asia And The Pacific

02 Carriage by Air (International Convention) Act, 1966

03 Companies (Foreign Interests) Act, 1918

04 Defence of Pakistan Ordinance, 1965

05 Diplomatic And Consular Privileges Act, 1972

06 Emigration Ordinance, 1979

07 Emigration Rules, 1979

08 Enemy Foreigners Orders, 1965

09 Ex-employees of the former Government of East Pakistan (Appointment to Provincial Posts) Act, 1986

10 Ex-Government Servants (Employment with Foreign Governments) (Prohibition) Act, 1966

11 Exit From Pakistan (Control) Ordinance, 1981

12 Extradition Act, 1972

12 Foreign Assets (Declaration) Regulation, 1972

13 Foreign Cultural Associations (Regulation of Functioning) Act, 1973

14 Foreign Cultural Associations (Regulation Of Functioning) Act, 1975

15 Foreign Currency Loans (Rate Of Exchange) Order, 1982

16 Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947

17 Foreign Exchange Rules, 1952

18 Foreign Exchange Manual

19 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Application to Azad Jammu and Kashmir Act, 1963

20 Foreign Exchange (Prevention of Payment) Act, 1972

21 Foreign Exchange (Temporary Restrictions) Ordinance, 1998

22 Foreign Exchange Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

23 Foreign Marriage Act, 1903

24 Foreign Private Investment (Promotion And Protection) Act, 1976

25 Foreign Relations Act, 1932

26 Foreigners Act, 1946

27 Foreigner’s Order, 1951

28 Foreigners (Parolees) Order, 1965

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29 Government Servants (Marriage with Foreign Nationals) Rules, 1962

30 London Amendment To The Montreal Protocol On Substances Deplete The Ozone Layer

31 Pakistan (Control Of Entry) Act, 1952

32 Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (Administration) Ordinance, 1980

33 Pakistan Naturalization Rules, 1961

34 Pakistan Naturalization Rules, 1962

35 Naturalization Rules (Amendment), 1973

36 Registration Of Foreigners Act, 1939

37 Registration Of Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1966

38 Registration Of Foreigners Rules, 1966

39 Supply of Zero-rated Goods to Diplomats, Diplomatic Missions, Privileged Persons and Privileged Organizations, Rules, 1996

40 Travel Agencies Act, 1976

41 United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change, 1992

Housing & Housing Development Laws

Sr. No. LAWS

01 Abbottabad Joint Development Board Ordinance, 1962

02 Bahawalpur Development Authority Act, 1991

03 Cantonment (House-Accommodation) Act, 1923

04 Capital Development Authority (Abatement of Arbitration Proceedings) Act, 1975

05 Capital Development Authority Ordinance, 1960

06 Capital of the Republic (Development of Area) Ordinance, 1963

07 Capital Development Authority (Amendment) Act, 1999

08 Cholistan Development Authority Act, 1976

09 Defence Housing Authority Lahore Ordinance, 1999

10 Defence Housing Authority Islamabad Ordinance, 2005

11 Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area Laws Regulation, 1950

12 Dera Ghazi Khan Development Authority Act 1991

13 Development Authority (Abatement of Arbitration Proceedings) Act, 1975

14 Development of Cities Act, 1976

15 Development of Cities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

16 Development of Damaged Areas Act, 1952

17 Disposal of Land by Development Authorities (Regulation) Act, 1998

18 Disposal of Land by Development Authorities (Regulation) (First Amendment) Ordinance, , 2002

19 Disposal of Land by Development Authorities (Regulation) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, , 2002

20 Disposal of Land by Development Authorities (Regulation) (Third Amendment) Ordinance, , 2002

21 Disposal of Land by Development Authorities Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

22 Government Buildings Act, 1899

23 Greater Lahore Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Ordinance, 1967

24 Islamabad (Preservation of Landscape) Ordinance, 1966

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25 Islamabad Club (Administration) Ordinance, 1978

26 Islamabad Capital Territory.(Zoning) Regulation, 1992

27 Islamabad Residential Sectors Zoning (Building Control) Regulation, 1993

28 Karachi Building Control Licensing regulations, 1982

29 Karachi Building & Town Planning Regulations, 2002

30 Lahore Development Authority Act, 1975

31 Land Improvement Loans Act, 1883

32 Kalri Lake Development (Repeal) Act, 1964

33 Karachi Development Authority (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1996

34 Lahore Development Authority Act, 1975

35 Lahore Development Authority (Amendment ) Ordinance, 2002

36 Murree-Kahuta Development Authority Act, 1986

37 New Murree Development Authority Act 2004

38 North-West Frontier Province Urban Planning Act, 1975

39 Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance, 1983

40 Pakistan Engineering Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004

41 Proprietary Rights On Non-Proprietors In Abadi Deh (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

42 Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-proprietors in Abadi Deh Act, 1995

43 Punjab Development Of Cities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

44 Punjab Development of Cities Act, 1976

45 Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation Act 2004

46 Punjab Housing & Town Planning Ordinance, 2002

47 Punjab Housing And Town-Planning Agency Ordinance, 2002

48 Punjab Jinnah Abadis For Non-Proprietors In Rural Areas (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

49 Punjab Jinnah Abadis for Non-proprietors in Rural Areas Act, 1986

50 Punjab Journalists Housing Foundation Act 2004

51 Punjab Katchi Abadis (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

52 Punjab Katchi Abadis Act, 1992

53 Punjab Government Servants Housing Foundation Act 2004.

54 Punjab Land Dispositions (Saving of Shamilat) Ordinance, 1959

55 Punjab Land Preservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

56 Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900

57 Punjab Land Utilization Authority Ordinance, 1982

58 Punjab Requisitioning of Immovable Property (Temporary Powers) Act, 1956.

59 Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958.

60 Registration (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1911

61 Second Capital of the Republic (Determination of Area) Act, 1969

62 Sind Buildings Control Ordinance, 1979

63 Sindh Buildings Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

64 Sindh Disposal of Urban Land Ordinance, 2002

65 Sindh Regulation and Control (Use of Plots and Construction of Buildings) Ordinance, 2002

66 Thal (Increase in Value) (Validation of Levy of Tax) Ordinance 1972

67 Thal (Increase in Value) Ordinance, 1978

68 Thal Development Act, 1949

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69 Town Improvement Act, 1922

70 West Pakistan Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958

Information & Media Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Associated Press Of Pakistan (Taking Over) Ordinance, 1961

02 Associated Press Of Pakistan Corporation Ordinance, 2002

03 Defamation Ordinance 2002

04 Dramatic Performances Act, 1876

05 Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002

06 Electronic Crimes Act, 2003

07 Electronic Data Protection Act, 2005

08 Freedom of Information Ordinance, 2002

09 Freedom of Information Rules, 2004

10 Institute of Language, Art and Culture Act 2004

11 Law Reports Act, 1875

12 Motion Pictures Ordinance, 1979

13 National Press Trust (Appointment of Chairman Act, 2972)

14 Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1973

15 Non Voice Communication Network Service Regulations, 2004

16 Official Secrets Act, 1923

17 Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 200

18 Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Act, 1973

19 Pakistan Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research Act, 1973

20 Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

21 Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Council Of Complaints, Organization And Functions) Regulations, 2002

22 Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Media Ownership And Control) Regulations, 2002

23 Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Rules, 2002

24 Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

25 Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002

26 Pakistan Standards And Quality Control Authority Act, 1996

27 Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-Organization) Act, 1996

28 Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act, 1992

29 Pakistan Telecommunication Rules, 2000

30 Pemra (TV/Radio Broadcast Operations) Regulations, 2002

31 Perma Cable Television (Operations) Regulations, 2002

32 Press Council Of Pakistan Ordinance, 2002

33 Press of Pakistan (Taking Over) Ordinance, 1962

34 Press, Newspapers, News Agencies And Books Registration Ordinance, 2002

35 Press, Newspapers, News Agencies, and Books registration (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007

36 Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits in Pakistan

37 Protection Of Software Ordinance, 2000

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38 Punjab Journalists Housing Foundation Act, 2004

39 Punjab Text Book Board Ordinance, 1962

40 Survey for Documentation of National Economy Ordinance, 2000

41 Telegraph Act, 1885

42 Television Receiving Apparatus (Possession And Licensing) Rules, 1970

43 Video Recording Or Reproducing Apparatus (Possession And Licensing) Rules, 1984

44 West Pakistan Publication of Books (Regulation and Control) Ordinance, 1969

45 West Pakistan Publication of Textbooks (Regulation and Control) Ordinance, 1970

46 Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933

Inheritance & Succession Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Administrator Generals Act, 1913

02 Hindu Inheritance (Removal of Disabilities) Act, 1928

03 Hindu Law of Inheritance (Amendment) Act, 1929

04 Punjab Laws Act, 1872

05 Succession (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1965

06 Succession Act, 1925

07 President's Succession Order, 2001

International Laws Sr. No. Act/Constitution

01 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (India)

02 Constitution Of Canada, 1867

03 Constitution of India modified - 2007

04 Constitution Of Iran, 1979

05 Constitution Of Japan, 1946

06 Constitution Of Kuwait, 1962

07 Constitution Of Saudi Arabia, 1992

08 Constitution of USA

09 Maintenance and Welfare of Parents Senior Citizens Act, 2007

Islamic Criminal Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Advisory Council of Islamic Ideology Terms And Conditions of Members) Rules 1962

02 Anti-Islamic Activities of Quadiani Group, Lahori Group and Ahmadis (Prohibition and Punishment) Ordinance, 1984

03 Enforcement of Shari’ah Act, 1991

04 Federal Shariat Court Procedure Rules,1981

05 Offence of “Qazf” (Enforcement of Hadd) Ordinance, 1979

06 Offence of Zina (Enforcement of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979

07 Offences Against Property (Enforcement Of Hudood) Ordinance, 1979

08 Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Order, 1979.

09 Protection Against Harassment of Women Act,2010

10 Protection Against Harassment Of Women At The Workplace Act, 2010

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11 Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006

12 Punjab Prohibition (Enforcement of Hadd) Rules, 1979

Land Acquisition, Land Revenue, Property & Settlement Laws All Pages Sr. No. LAWS

01 Abandoned Properties (Taking over and Management) Act 1975

02 Acceding State (Property) Order, 1961

03 Acceding State (Property) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

04 Acceding State (Property) (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1996

05 Acceding State (Property) (Third Amendment ) Ordinance 1996

06 Baluchistan Acquisition of Land (Housing and Development Schemes in the Rural Areas) Act, 1974

07 Cantonment Areas Union Committee (Property) Rules, 1946

08 Cantonments (Requisitioning of Immovable Property) Ordinance, 1948

09 Central Board Of Revenue Act, 1924

10 Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Act, 1912

11 Displaced Persons (Land Settlement) (Amendment) Act,1974

12 Economic Reforms Order, 1972

13 Economic Reforms (Acquisition And Compensation) Rules, 1973

14 Evacuee Property (Multiple Allotments) Act, 1957

15 Evacuee Property and Displaced persons Laws (Repeal) Act, 1975

16 Evacuee Trust Properties (Management and Disposal) Act 1975

17 Evacuee Trust Properties (Management and Disposal) (Amendment) Act 2008

18 Government Buildings Act, 1899

19 Government Dues Recovery Ordinance, 1962

20 Government Grants Act, 1895

21 Graveyards (Preservation and Maintenance) Act, 1958

22 Hindu Womens Rights to Property Act 1937

23 Hindu Women’s Rights to Agricultural Land Ordinance, 1959

24 Islamabad Capital Territory.(Zoning) Regulation, 1992

25 Islamabad Land Disposal Regulation, 2005

26 Islamabad Preservation of Landscape Ordinance 1966

27 Islamabad Residential Sectors Zoning (Building Control) Regulation 1993

28 Jammu & Kashmir (Administration of Property) Ordinance, 1961

29 Jammu And Kashmir (Administration Of Property) Rules, 1961

30 Jammu & Kashmir (Administration of Property) (Amendment) Ordinance, 1979

31 Karachi Building & Town Planning Regulations, 2002

32 Land Acquisition (Mines) Act, 1885

33 Land Acquisition (Punjab Amendment ) Ordinance, 2001

34 Land Acquisition Act, 1894

35 Land Administration Manual

36 Land Control (Capital Of The Federation) Ordinance, 1948

37 Land Control (Karachi Division) Act, 1952

38 Land Improvement Loans Act,1883

39 Land Revenue Act, 1967

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40 Land Revenue Rules, 1968

41 Land Reforms Regulation (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1972

42 Land Reforms Regulation, Act, 1972

43 Land Reforms Act 1977

44 Land Reforms (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1979

45 Mense Profits and Improvements Act, 1855

46 Miani Sahib Graveyard Ordinance, 1962

47 Murree Kahuta Development Authority Act, 1986

48 Mussalman Wakf Validating Act, 1913

49 North-West Frontier Province Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

50 On-Farm Water Management And Water Users’ Associations Ordinance, 1981

51 On-Farm Water Management and Water Users Associations Ordinance, 1982

52 On-Farm Water Management and Water Users Associations (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

53 Pakistan Cantonment Property Rules, 1957

54 Partition Act, 1893

55 Preventive Action of the Police

56 Protection of Communal Properties of Minorities Ordinance, 2001

57 Protection Of Economic Reforms Act, 1992

58 Punjab Abolition of Jagirs Act, 1952

59 Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) (Repeal) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

60 Punjab Acquisition of Land (Housing) (Repeal) Act 1985

61 Punjab Acquisition Of Land (Housing) Act, 1973

62 Punjab Acquisition Of Land (Housing) Rules, 1973

63 Punjab Alienation of Land Act, 1900

64 Punjab Alienation of Land (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

65 Punjab Alienation Of Land (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

66 Punjab Board Of Revenue Act, 1957

67 Punjab Consolidation of Holdings Ordinance, 1960

68 Punjab Consolidation Of Holdings (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

69 Punjab Court Of Wards Act, 1903

70 Punjab Court Of Wards (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

71 Punjab Government Dues Recovery Ordinance, 1962

72 Punjab Government Lands (Resumption of Grants and Extinguishment of Rights) Act, 1950

73 Punjab Government Lands and Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1966

74 Punjab Hindu Women’s Rights to Agricultural Land Ordinance, 1959

75 Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900

76 Punjab Land Dispositions (Saving Of Shamilat) Ordinance, 1959

77 Punjab Land Preservation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

78 Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967

79 Punjab Land Revenue (Abolition) Act 1998

80 Punjab Land Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

81 Punjab Land Utilization Authority Ordinance, 1982

82 Punjab Local Rate (Assessment and Collection) Rules,2002

83 Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1991

84 Punjab Pre-Emption Act, 1992

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85 Punjab Real Estate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) Ordinance, 1980

86 Punjab Real Estate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

87 Punjab Recovery Of Cost (Copies Of Essential Revenue Records) Ordinance, 1963

88 Punjab Redemption And Restitution Of Mortgaged Land (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

89 Punjab Requisitioned Land (Continuance) Act, 1958

90 Punjab Requisitioning of Immovable Property (Temporary Powers) Act, 1956

91 Punjab Survey and Rectangulation of Lands Ordinance, 1959

92 Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958

93 Punjab Urban Immovable Property (Validation of Tax) Act, 1976

94 Punjab Urban Local councils (Immovable Property Tax) Rules, 1999

95 Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

96 Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

97 Redemption And Restitution Of Mortgaged Lands Act, 1964

98 Registration (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1922

99 Registration (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1967

100 Registration Act, 1908

101 Requisitioned Land (Continuance of Powers) Act, 1947

102 Revenue Recovery Act, 1890

103 Sindh Buildings Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

104 Sindh Disposal of Urban Land Ordinance, 2002

105 Sindh Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2011

106 Sindh Regulation and Control (Use of Plots and Construction of Buildings) Ordinance, 2002

107 Sindh Revenue Jurisdiction Act, 1876

108 Sindh Urban State Land (Cancellation of Allotments, Conversions and Exchanges) Ordinance, 2000

109 Sindh Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

110 Statement Of Conditions For Sale Of “Wanda Sarkar”

111 System of Sardari (Abolition) Act, 1976

112 Transfer of Evacuee Property (Kachi Abadi) Act, 1972

113 Transfer of Property Act, 1882

114 Wealth Tax Act, 1963,

115 West Pakistan Board Of Revenue Act, 1957

116 West Pakistan Border Area Regulation 1959 (Punjab Amendment)

117 West Pakistan Determination of Land Revenue and Water Rate Ordinance, 1959

118 West Pakistan Land Revenue (Sind Second Amendment) Act, 1972

119 West Pakistan Land Revenue (Sind Amendment) Act, 1973

120 West Pakistan Land Revenue Rules, 1968

121 West Pakistan Redemption And Restitution Of Mortgaged Lands Act, 1964

122 West Pakistan Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958

123 West Pakistan Validation of Naib-Tehsildars and Naib-Tehsildars Candidates Selection Ordinance, 1962

124 West Punjab Alienation of Land Act,1900

Law Enforcement & Security Agencies Laws

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01 Airport Security Force Act, 1975

02 Airports Security Force (Discipline) Rules, 1977

03 Officers and Members of the Airports Security Force (Service) Rules, 1978

04 Anti-Narcotic Force Act, 1997

05 Baluchistan Constabulary Act, 1975

06 Baluchistan Deputy Superintendents of Police Service Rules, 1978

07 Balochistan Police Discipline Rules, 1975

08 Balochistan Private Security Companies Ordinance 2001

09 Baluchistan Constabulary Act, 1975

10 Federal Investigation Agency Act, 1974

11 Federal Investigation Agency (Appointment, Promotion and Transfer) Rules, 1975

12 Federal Investigation Agency Rules, 1975

13 Federal Investigation Agency Members (Efficiency and Discipline) Rules, 1978

14 Members Of The Federal Investigation Agency (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1978

15 Federal Investigation Agency Inquiries & Investigation) Rules, 2002

16 Federal Security Force Act 1973

17 Karachi Port Security Force Ordinance, 2002

18 Maritime Security Agency Act, 1994

19 Pakistan Coast Guards Act, 1973

20 Pakistan Rangers Ordinance, 1959

21 Pakistan Railways Police Act, 1977

22 Police Act, 1861

23 Police (Incitement to Disaffection) Act, 1922

24 Police Department Delegation of Powers Rules, 1958

25 Police Disciplinary Rules, 1975

26 Police Order, 2002

27 Police Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006.

28 Police Order (Amendment) Ordinance,, 2007

29 Police Order (Amendment) Ordinance(XX),, 2007

30 Police Service of Pakistan (Composition, Cadre and Seniority) Rules,1985

31 Punjab Frontier Police -Officers Regulation, 1893.

32 Punjab Military Police (Amendment) Ordinance, 2006

33 Punjab Police (E Bt D) Rules, 1975

34 Punjab Private Security Companies (Regulation and Control) Ordinance, 2002

35 Sindh District Police Act, 1867

36 Sindh (Repeal of the Police Order, 2002 and Revival of the Police Act, 1861) Act, 201I

37 West Pakistan Anti-Corruption Establishment Ordinance, 1961

38 West Pakistan Police Department Ministerial Service (Headquarters) Rules, 1964

39 West Pakistan Police Department Ministerial Service (Range) Rules, 1964

Local Government Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Baluchistan Local Government (Election of Chairman) Rules, 1979

02 Balochistan Local Councils District Zila Tax Rules, 1994

03 Balochistan Local Government Election Ordinance, 2000

04 Balochistan Local Government Ordinance, 2001

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05 Cantonment Areas Union Committee (Property) Rules, 1946

06 Cantonments (Requisitioning of Immovable Property) Ordinance, 1948

07 Capital Territory Local Government Ordinance, 1979

08 Conciliation Courts Ordinance, 1961

09 Conciliation Courts Rules, 1962

10 Conciliation Courts Ordinance (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

11 Conciliation Courts (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance 1966

12 Districts (Reconstitution) Ordinance, 1960

13 District Government Rules Of Business, 2001

14 Electoral Rolls Act, 1974

15 Federally Administered Tribal Areas Local Government Elections Order, 2002

16 Guidelines for budgets Under the Local government ordinance, 2001

17 Guidelines For Citizen Community Boards

18 Guidelines For Monitoring Committees Of Local Government

19 Guidelines For Provincial / District / Tehsil / Town / Union Budgets Under SBNP Local Government (Model) Ordinance, 2001

20 Local Authorities Pensions And Gratuities Act, 1919

21 Local Councils Tax On Transfer Of Immoveable Property Rules, 1997

22 Local Government Elections (Directions under F.1(1)-2004-Ele

23 Local Government Plan 2000

24 Local Government ordinance, 2001

25 Local government Ordinance, 2001 (Notification No. F. 1(17-

26 Local government Ordinance, 2001 Notification Not. 1(14)-20

27 Local government Ordinances, 2001 (Direction by No. F. 1(14)

28 Members Of Punjab Local Councils Service (Efficiency And Discipline) Rules, 1999

29 Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960

30 North-West Frontier Province Public Service Commission Ordinance, 1978

31 PLG (Fees For Licensing And Permits Of Professions And Vocations) Rules, 2002

32 Procedure for Trial of Election Petitions

33 Punjab District Government Rules Of Business, 2001

34 Punjab Government Rules of Business, 1974

35 Punjab Government Rules of Business, 2001

36 Punjab Local Councils High Schools (Taking Over) Ordinance, 1970

37 Punjab Local Councils Service Pension Fund Rules, 1973

38 Punjab Local Councils (Election Petitions) Rules, 1979

39 Punjab Local Councils (Taxation) Rules, 1980

40 Punjab Local Councils (Appeal) Rules, 1980

41 Punjab Local Council (Contract) Rules, 1981

42 Punjab Local Council (Property) Rules, 1981

43 Punjab Local Council (Works) Rules, 1981

44 Punjab Local Councils (Tax On Transfer Of Immovable Property) Rules, 1981

45 Punjab Local Councils (Legal Advisors) Rules,1987

46 Punjab Local Councils (Lease) Rules, 1990

47 Punjab Local Councils Tax Rules, 1990

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48 Punjab Local Councils Servants (Service) Rules, 1997

49 Punjab Local Government Institutions (Dissolution) (Extension of Limitation) Ordinance, 1971

50 Punjab Local Government (Appeal) Rules, 1980

51 Punjab Local Government (Amendment for Abolishing of Certain Taxes) Ordinance, 1999

52 Punjab Local Government Amendment For Abolishing Of Certain Taxes Ordinance ,1999

53 Punjab Local Govt Election Ordinance, 2000

54 Punjab Local Govt Election Rules, 2000

55 Punjab Local Government (Accounts) Rules, 2001

56 Punjab Local Government (Budget) Rules, 2001

57 Punjab Local Government (Tax On Transfer Of Immoveable Property) Rules, 2001

58 Punjab Local Government (Taxation) Rules, 2001

59 Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 2001

60 Punjab Local Rate (Assessment And Collection )Rules, 2001

61 Punjab Local Government (Fees for Licensing and Permits and Licensing of Professions and Vocations) Rules, 2002

62 Punjab Local Government Elections (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

63 Punjab Local Government (First Amendment) Act 2003

64 Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2005

65 Punjab Suspension Of Local Councils Ordinance, 1999

66 Punjab Tolls on Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1962

67 Punjab Tolls On Roads And Bridges (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

68 Punjab Tolls On Roads And Bridges (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

69 Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958

70 Punjab Urban Local Councils Immovable Property Tax Rules,1999

71 Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

72 Punjab Zila Council Export Tax Rules, 1990

73 Relevant Provisions For Local Government Elections

74 SBNP District Government (Model) Rules Of Business, 2001

75 SBNP Town Municipal Administration Rules Of Business,2001

76 SBNP Union Administration Model Rules Of Business, 2001

77 SBNP District Government and Tehsil Municipal Administration (Budget) Rules, 2002

78 Sindh Taluka Municipal Administration Rules of Business, 2002

79 Tehsil Municipal Administration (Model)Rules Of Business, 2001

80 Town Municipal Administration Rules of Business, 2001

81 Union Administration Model Rules Of Business, 2001

82 Union Administration Rules Of Business, 2001

83 W.P. Local Councils (Imposition Of Taxes) Rules, 1961

84 W.P. Local Councils And Municipal Committees Servants (Retirement Rules, 1966

85 W.P. Municipal Committees (Definition Of Material Alteration Of Building) Rules, 1960

86 West Pakistan Municipal Committees (Appeal) Rules, 1960

87 W.P. Municipal Committees (Buildings And Lands Taxes) Rules, 1962

88 Zilla Council Monitoring Committee for (Health) Bye-laws, 2006

Motor Vehicles, Road & Transport Laws

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01 Air Ports Security Force Act, 1975

02 Aircraft (Removal of Danger to Safety) Ordinance, 1965

03

Armed Forces Civil General Transport Companies And Requisition Of Civil Transport Ordinance, 2002

04 Brokers And Agents Registration Rules, 2001

05 Bus Stands and Traffic Control (Gujranwala) Ordinance, 1963

06 Bus Stands and Traffic Control (Lahore) Ordinance, 1963

07 Carriage by Air (Supplementary Convention) Act, 1968

08 Carriage by Air Act, 1934

09 Fatal Accidents Act, 1855

10 Federal Excise Act, 2005

11 Federal Excise Rules, 2005

12 Flying Clubs (appointment of Administrators) Ordinance, 1978

13 Highways Ordinance, 1959

14 Military Transport Act, 1916

15 Motor Vehicles (Validation Of Fees) Ordinance, 1965

16 Motor Vehicles Dealers Licence Rules, 1989

17 Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965

18 Motor Vehicles Rules, 1969

19 Motor Vehicles Taxation Rules, 1959

20 National Highways Safety Ordinance, 2000

21 North-West Frontier Province Bus Stand and Traffic Control (Peshawar) Act 1975

22 Pakistan International Airlines Corporation Act, 1956

23 Prevention Of Road Accidents Order, 1978

24 Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

25 Provincial Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

26 Provincial Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

27 Provincial Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965

28 Punjab Bus Stands and Traffic Control (Lahore) Ordinance, 1963

29 Punjab Highways Authority Act, 1989

30 Punjab Highways Ordinance, 1959

31 Punjab Motor Vehicles Taxation Act, 1958

32 Punjab Real Estate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) Ordinance, 1980

33 Punjab Real Estate Agents and Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation of Business) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

34 Punjab Requisitioning of Motor Vehicles (Temporary Powers) (Amendment) ordinance, 2002

35 Punjab Requisitioning of Motor Vehicles (Temporary Powers) (Amendment) ordinance, 2002

36 Punjab Requisitioning Of Motor Vehicles (Temporary Powers) Ordinance, 1970

37 Punjab Road Transport Board Removal of Undesirable Employees Ordinance, 1965

38 Punjab Tolls on Roads and Bridges (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

39 Punjab Tolls on Roads and Bridges Ordinance, 1962

40 Railways (Transport of Goods) (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

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41 Railways (Transport of Goods) (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1965

42 Railways (Transport of Goods) (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1967

43 Railways (Transport of Goods) (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

44 Railways Act, 1890

45 Railways (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1964

46 Real Estate Agents & Motor Vehicles Dealers [Regulation Of Business] Ordinance,1980

47 Real Estate Agents And Motor Vehicles Dealers (Regulation Of Business) Ordinance, 2002

48 Requisitioning Of Motor Vehicles (Temporary Powers) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

49 Sind Motor Vehicles Dealers Licence Rules, 1989

50 Stamp (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

51 Temporary Importation Of Motor Vehicles Rules, 1979

52 Traffic Offences (Special Courts) Ordinance, 1981

53 W.P. Stage Carriages (Cancellation of Permits of Absentees)

54 West Pakistan Railway Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance, 1969

55 West Pakistan Requisitioning of Stage Carriage (Temporary Powers Ordinance, 1970

56 West Pakistan Requisitioning of Stage Carriages (Temporary Powers) Ordinance, 1970

57 West Pakistan Requisitioning of Stage Carriages (Temporary Powers) Ordinance, 1970

58 West Pakistan Stage Carriages (Cancellation of Permits of Absentees) Rules, 1969

59 West Pakistan Stage Carriages (Cancellation of Permits of Absentees) Rules, 1969

Muslim Personal Laws (Shariat Application) Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Shariat Court (Procedure) Rules, 1982

02 Baluchistan, Civil Disputes (Shariat Application) Regulation, 1976

03 Baluchistan Civil Disputes (Shariat Application) Rules, 1977

04 Federal Shariat Court Procedure Rules,1981

05 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act of 1935

06 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)Application Act, 1937

07 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat)Application Sind Am. Act, 1950

08 Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1975

09 N.N.W.F.P. Muslim Personal Law(Shariat) Application Act 1935

10 Punjab/Sind/N.W.F.P./Baluchistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1962

11 Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972

12 Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1975

13 Shariat Benches Of Superior Courts Rules, 1979

14 West Pakistan Muslim personal Law (Shariat) Application (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983

15 West Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Amendment Act, 1964

16 West Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1948

17 Wet Pakistan Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act, 1962

Natural Resources Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Basel Convention On Control Of Tran Boundary Movements Of Hazardous Wastes, 1989

02 Boilers Act, 1923

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03 Boilers (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1958

04 Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1992

05 Cigarettes (Printing Of Warning) Ordinance, 1979

06 Coal Mines (Fixation of Rates of Wages) Ordinance, 1960

07 Convention For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage

08 Electricity Control (West Pakistan) Order, 1966

09 Forest Act, 1927

10 Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

11 Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

12 Historical Mosques and Shrines Fund Cess Ordinance, 1960

13 International Plant Protection Convention, Rome, dated 6th December 1952

14 Islamabad (Preservation Of Landscape) Ordinance, 1966

15 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Production And Distribution) Rules, 1972

16 Liquefied Natural Gas (CNG)Policy,2006

17 London Amendment To The Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete The Ozone Layer

18 Marketing Of Petroleum Products (Federal Control) Act, 1974

19 Mines Act, 1923

20 Mineral Development Corporation Act, 1975

21 Minor Mineral (Cancellation of Leases) Act, 1977

22 Natural Gas Rules, 1960

23 Natural Gas (Development Surcharge) Rules, 1967

24 Natural Gas (Development Surcharge), Ordinance, 1967

25 Natural Gas (Price for Supplies by Producers) Rules, 1976

26 Natural Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2000

27 Natural Gas Regulatory Authority (Licensing) Rules, 2002

28 Nuclear Safety And Radiation (Treatment Of Food By Ionizing Radiation) Regulations,1996

29 Oil And Gas Development Corporation Ordinance, 1962

30 Oil And Gas Regulatory Authority Ordinance, 2002

31 Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997

32 Pakistan Environmental Protection Council (Procedure) Rules, 1993

33 Pakistan Plant Quarantine Act, 1976

34 Petroleum Act, 1934

35 Petroleum Products (Development Surcharge) Ordinance, 1962

36 Plant Protection Agreement For The South East Asia And Pacific Region

37 Port Qasim Authority Act, 1973

38 Prohibition On Manufacture, Sale, Use And Import Of Polythene Bags Ordinance, 2002

39 Protocol On Substances That Deplete The Ozone Layer (Montreal, 26 September 1987)

40 Punjab Animals Co35mpound Feed And Feed Stuff Ordinance, 2002

41 Punjab Firewood And Charcoal (Restriction) Act, 1964

42 Punjab Fisheries Ordinance, 1962

43 Punjab Fisheries (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

44 Punjab Flood Relief Cess Act, 1973

45 Punjab Foodstuffs (Control ) Act, 1958

46 Punjab Forest (Sale Of Timber) Act, 1923

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47 Punjab Forest Act, 1999

48 Punjab Forest (Sale Of Timber) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

49 Punjab National Calamities (Prevention And Relief) Act, 1958

50 Punjab Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation And Management) Act, 1974

51 Punjab Wildlife (Private Game Reserves) Rules, 2002.

52 Vienna Convention For The Protection Of The Ozone Layer 1985

53 Wild Birds And Animals Protection Act, 1922

54 Wildlife (Protection, Preservation, Conservation And Management) Ordinance, 2002

Patents, Designs, Copyrights and Trademarks Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Antiquities (Export Control) Act, 1947

02 Antiquities Act, 1968

03 Antiquities Act (Application To The Tribal Areas) Regulation, 1973

04 Antiquities Act, 1975

05 Antiquities (Amendment ) Act, 1992

06 Copyright Ordinance, 1962

07 Copyright Rules, 1967

08 Copyright (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

09 Dramatic Performances Act, 1876

10 Electronic Crimes Act 2003

11 Electronic Data Protection Act, 2005

12 Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002

13 Freedom of Information Ordinance. 2002

14 Freedom of Information Rules, 2004

15 Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan Ordinance, 2005

16 Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan Ordinance, 2007

17 Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan Ordinance, 2009

18 Pakistan Names and Emblems (Prevention of Unauthorized Use) Act, 1957

19 Patents and Designs Act, 1922

20 Patents and Designs (Amendment) Ordinance, 1997

21 Patents Ordinance, 2000 (Amendments Final)

22 Patents and Designs (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

23 Patent Rules, 2003

24 Procedure For Registration of Copyright

25 Protection of Software Ordinance, 2000

26 Registered Design Ordinance, 2000

27 Registered Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2000

28 Registered Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2002

29 Trade Development Authority of Pakistan Ordinance, 2006

30 Trade Marks Revised Rules, 1963

31 Trade Marks Act, 1970

32 Trade Marks Ordinance, 2000

33 Trade Marks Rules, 2004

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Ports & Shipping Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Air Ports Security Force Act, 1975

02 Bills Of Lading Act,1856

03 Bills of Lading (Amendment Act, 1856

04 Carriers Act, 1865

05 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1925

06 Carriage by Air (International Convention) Act, 1966

07 Carriage by Air (Supplementary Convention) Act, 1968

08 Coasting Vessels Act, 1938

09 Common Bonded Warehouse (Conventional) Rules, 1998

10 Dangerous Cargoes Act, 1953

11 Detention of Enemy Ships, Aircraft and Goods (Repeal) Ordinance, 1972

12 Dock Labourers Act, 1934

13 Dock Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1974

14 Flying Clubs (Appointment of Administrators) Ordinance, 1978

15 Karachi Port Trust Act, 1886

16 Karachi Port Trust (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

17 Karachi Port Security Force Ordinance, 2002

18 Maritime Security Agency Act, 1994

19 Merchant Seamen (Litigation) Act, 1946

20 Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

21 Merchant Shipping Act, 1923

22 Pakistan Maritime Shipping (Regulation and Control) (Repeal) Act, 1992

23 Pakistan Maritime Shipping (Transfer of Managed Establishments) Ordinance 1980

24 Pakistan Merchant Shipping (Seamen’s Employment) Rules, 1962

25 Pakistan Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

26 Pakistan Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 2002

27 Pakistan National Shipping Corporation Ordinance, 1979

28 Ports Act, 1908

29 Port Authorities Lands and Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1962

30 Port Qasim Authority Act, 1973

31 Registration of Ships Act, 1842

32 Registration Of Shipping Act, 1842 Amendment Act, 1850

33 Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1976

34 Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones (Amendment) Act, 1997

Pre-emption Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Rights of Prior Purchase Act, 1993

02 Gilgit Baltistan Pre Emption Act,2010

03 North-West Frontier Province Pre-emption Act, 1987

04 Punjab Pre-emption (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972

05 Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1991

06 Sind Land Commission (Pre- emption) Rules, 1974.

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Registration Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Essential Personnel (Registration) Ordinance, 1948

02 Essential Personnel (Registration) (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1965

03 Land Reforms Registration 1972

04 Punjab Undesirable Cooperative Societies (Dissolution) Act, 1993

05 Registered Designs Ordinance, 2000

06 Registered Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits Ordinance, 2000

07 Registration (Emergency Powers) Act, 1940

08 Registration Act, 1908

09 Registration (Sind Amendment) Act, 1929

10 Registration (Sind Amendment) Act, 1930

11 Registration (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1941

12 Registration (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1967

13 Registration (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1996

14 Registration (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1997

15 Registration Of Claims (Displaced Persons) Act, 1956

16 Registration of Employers & Insured Persons under Employees’ Old-Age Benefits Rules 1976

17 Registration of Foreigners Act, 1939

18 Registration Of Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1962

19 Registration Of Foreigners Rules, 1966

20 Registration Of Foreigners (Exemption) Order, 1966

21 Registration of Godowns Act, 1995

22 Registration of Hajj Umrah Act, 2008

23 Registration Of Printing Press And Publications Ordinance, 1990

24 Registration Of Printing Press And Publications Ordinance, 1996

25 Registration Of Printing Press And Publications Ordinance, 1997

26 Registration Of Ships Act, 1841

27 Registration Of Ships Act (1841) Amendment Act, 1850

28 Registration, Voluntary Registration and De-Registration Rules, 1996

29 Societies Registration Act 1860

Religious Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Sikh Gurdwaras Act, 1925

02 Hindu Gains of Learning Act, 1930

03 Music in Muslim Shrines Act, 1942

04 Charitable Funds (Regulation of Collections) Act, 1953

05 Punjab Historical Mosques and Shrines Fund Cess Ordinance, 1960

06 West Pakistan Muslim Personal Laws (Shariat) Act, 1962

07 Caste Disabilities Removal (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

08 Succession (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1965

09 Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Doubts) Ordinance, 1972

10 Muslim Family Laws (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975

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11 Punjab Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application (Removal of Difficulties) Act, 1975

12 Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

Rent Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Azad Jammu & Kashmir Rent Restriction Act, 1986

02 Baluchistan Urban Rent Restriction (Amendment ) Ordinance, 1980

03 Cantonments Rent Restriction Act, 1963

04 Gilgit Baltistan Rented Premises Act,2010

05 Islamabad Rent Restriction Ordinance, 2001

06 Karachi Rent Restriction (Amendment ) Ordinance 1962

07 Karachi Rent Restriction Act, 1953

08 Punjab Rented Premises Act 2009

09 Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance 1959

10 Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959

11 Report Law Commission on Rent Restriction Laws 1991

12 Sindh Rented Premises Ordinance, 1979

13 Urban Rent Restriction Ordinance, 1959

Science & Technology Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Cost and Industrial Accountants Act, 1996

02 Institute of Language, Art and Culture Act 2004

03 Institute of Management and Technology, Lahore, Ordinance, 2002

04 National Book Foundation Act, 1972

05 Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Ordinance, 1965

06 Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Act 1973

07 Pakistan Council of Architects and Town Planners Ordinance, 1983

08 Pakistan Engineering Council Act, 1975

09 Pakistan Engineering Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982

10 Pakistan Engineering Council (Amendment) Act, 1992

11 Pakistan Engineering Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

12 Pakistan Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Ordinance, 1984

13 Pakistan Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (Treatment of Food Ionizing Radiation) Regulations, 1996

14 Pakistan Science Foundation Act, 1973

15 Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission Ordinance, 1981

16 Protection of Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits in Pakistan

17 Protection of Software Ordinance, 2000

18 Punjab Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959

19 Punjab Agricultural Pests (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

20 Punjab Forensic Science Agency Act, 2007

21 Punjab Information Technology Board Ordinance 1999

22 Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture Act, 2004

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23 Punjab Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority Ordinance 1999

24 Punjab Vocational Training Council Act, 1998

25 Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1973

26 Syed Ali Hajvery Institute of Technology and Management Sciences, Lahore, Ordinance, 2002

27 University of Agriculture [Faisalabad] Act, 1973

28 University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

29 University of Arid Agriculture Rawalpindi Act, 1995

30 University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Act, 1974

Securities And Exchange Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Balloters, Transfer Agents and Underwriters Rules, 2001

02 Brokers And Agents Registration Rules, 2001

03 Capital Issues (Continuance Of Control) Act, 1947

04 Capital Issue (Exemption) Order, 1967

05 Central Depositories Act, 1997

06 Central Depository Companies (Establishment And Regulation) Rules, 1996

07 Companies' Share Capital (Variation In Rights And Privileges) Rules, 2000

08 Corporate & Industrial Restructuring Corporation Ordinance, 2000

09 Corporate And Industrial Restructuring Corporation Rules, 2001

10 Corporate Law Authority Rules, 1984

11 Economic Reforms Order, 1972

13 Listed Companies (Prohibition Of Insiders Trading) Guideline

14 Margin Trading Rules, 2004

15 Public Companies (Employees Stock Option Scheme) Rules, 2001

16 Securities And Exchange Ordinance, 1969

17 Securities And Exchange Rules, 1971

18 Securities And Exchange Commission Of Pakistan Act, 1997

19 Securities And Exchange (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

20 Securities And Exchange Policy Board (Conduct Of Business) Regulations, 2000

21 Securities And Exchange Commission Of Pakistan (Conduct Of Business) Regulations, 2000

22 Securities And Exchange Commission (Insurance) Rules, 2002

23 Securities And Exchange Commission Of Pakistan (Appellate Bench Procedure) Rules, 2003

24 Single Member Companies Rules, 2003

26 Stock Exchange Members (Inspection of Books and Record) Rules, 2001

26 Stock Exchanges (Corporatization, Demutualization and Integration) Ordinance, 2007

Social Welfare Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Caste Disabilities Removal (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963

02 Charitable Funds (Regulation of Collections) Act, 1953

03 Child Marriage Restraint (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971

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04 Conciliation Courts (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1966

05 Conciliation Courts Ordinance (West Pakistan Amendment) Act 1963

06 Co-operative Societies Act, 1925

07 Multi-Unit Co-operative Societies Act, 1942

08 Punjab Co-operative Societies (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1966

09 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1973

10 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Second Amendment) Act, 1973

11 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Order (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1974

12 Co-operative Societies (Reforms) Ordinance, 1980

13 Punjab Undesirable Co-operative Societies (Dissolution) Act, 1993

14 Good Conduct Prisoners' Probational Release Act, 1926

15 Land Reforms Regulation, 1972

16 Prevention of Corruption (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1960

17 Prevention of Corruption (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1970

18 Prevention of Corruption Act (West Pakistan Extension) Ordinance, 1958

19 Provincial Employees Social Security Ordinance, 1965

20 Public Health (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance 1944

21 Punjab Abolition of Jagirs Act, 1952

22 Punjab Agricultural Development and Supplies Corporation Act, 1973

23 Punjab Agricultural Pests Ordinance, 1959

24 Punjab Animals Compound Feed and Feed Stuff Ordinance, 2002

25 Punjab Animals Slaughter Control Act, 1963

26 Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment Ordinance, 1961

27 Punjab Bait-ul-Maal Act, 1991

28 Punjab Borstal Act, 1926

29 Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-Proprietors in Abadi Deh Act, 1995

30 Punjab Consolidation of Holdings Ordinance, 1960

31 Punjab Consumer Protection Act 2005

32 Punjab Control of Goondas Ordinance, 1959

33 Punjab Debtors' Protection Act, 1936

34 Punjab Development of Damaged Areas Act, 1952

35 Punjab Essential Articles (Control) Act, 1973

36 Punjab Flood Relief Cess Act, 1973

37 Punjab Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959

38 Punjab Government Employees Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969

39 Punjab Government Servants (Benevolent Fund) Ordinance, 1960

40 Punjab Jinnah Abadis for Non-Proprietors in Rural Areas Act, 1986

41 Punjab Juvenile Smoking Ordinance, 1959

42 Punjab Katchi Abadis Act, 1992

43 Punjab Land Preservation (Extension to Dera Ghazi Khan Excluded Area) Regulation, 1959

44 Punjab National Calamities (Prevention and Relief) Act, 1958

45 Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance, 2001

46 Punjab Prohibition of Private Money Lending Act 2007

47 Punjab Prohibition of Smoking in Cinema Houses Ordinance, 1960

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48 Punjab Prohibition on Manufacture, Sale, Use and Import of Polythene Bags (Black or Any Other Polythene Bag Below Fifteen Micron Thickness) Ordinance, 2002

49 Punjab Protection and Restoration of Tenancy Rights Act, 1950

50 Punjab Qaumi Razakars Ordinance, 1965

51 Punjab Redemption and Restitution of Mortgaged Lands Act, 1964

52 Punjab Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers Ordinance, 1965

53 Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Act, 1934

54 Punjab Relief of Indebtedness Ordinance, 1960

55 Punjab Rice (Restrictions on Cultivation) Ordinance, 1959

56 Punjab Social Services Board Ordinance, 1970

57 Punjab Soil Reclamation Act, 1952

58 Punjab Suppression of Prostitution Ordinance, 1961

59 Punjab Survey and Rectangulation of Lands Ordinance, 1959

60 Punjab Thal (Increase in Value) Ordinance, 1978

61 Punjab Tobacco Vend Act, 1958

62 Punjab Undesirable Companies Ordinance, 1959

63 Punjab Usurious Loans Ordinance, 1959

64 Punjab Vaccination Ordinance, 1958

65 Punjab Vagrancy Ordinance, 1958

66 Societies Registration Act 1860

67 Thal Development Act, 1949

68 West Pakistan Family Courts Act, 1964

69 West Pakistan Foodstuffs (Control) (Punjab Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 1971

70 West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958

71 West Pakistan Prohibition of Opium Smoking Ordinance, 1960

72 West Pakistan Railway Servants Benevolent Fund Ordinance, 1969

73 West Pakistan Railway Servants Welfare Fund Ordinance, 1969

Taxation Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Airports Security Force Act, 1975

02 Airports Security Force (Amendment ) Act, 1994

03 Airports Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 1984

04 Alternate Dispute Resolution Rules, 2002

05 Archival Material (Preservation And Export Control) Act, 1975

06 Baggage Rules, 2006

07 Balochistan Sales Tax Ordinance, 2000

08 Bill of Lading Act, 1856

09 Central Board Of Revenue Act, 1924

10 Central Excise Rules, 1944

11 Central Excises (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

12 Collection And Payment Of Sales Tax On Natural Gas Rules, 1999

13 Common Bonded Warehouse (Conventional) Rules, 1998

14 Customs Act, 1969

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15 Customs Act (Application to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas) Regulation 1977

16 Customs Export Processing Zones Rules, 1981

17 Customs Act, 1969 (Application to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Regulation 1984

18 Customs (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998

19 Customs (Amendment) Act, 1999

20 Customs (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

21 Dangerous Cargoes Act, 1953

22 Debit And Credit Note And Destruction Of Goods Rules, 1996

23 Diplomatic and Consular Privileges Act, 1972

24 Duty and Tax Remission for Export Rules, 2001

25 Duty on Excessive Wastage of Spirits in Distilleries (Validation) Ordinance 1969

26 Entertainments Duty Act, 1958

27 Establishment of the Office of Federal Tax Ombudsman Ordinance, 2000

28 Estate Duty Act, 1950

29 Export processing zones authority Ordinance, 1980

30 Export Processing Zones Authority Rules, 1981

31 Export Oriented Units Rules, 1998

32 Export Development Fund Act, 1999

33 Export Policy And Procedures Order, 2000

34 Export Development Fund (Amendment) Act, 2005

35 Export Policy order 2005

36 Export Policy Order, 2007

37 Federal Board of Revenue Act, 2007

38 Federal Excise Act , 2005

39 Federal Excise Rules, 2005

40 Federal Excise Rules, 2005 amendment dated 10th January, 2007

41 Filing Of Monthly Return Rules, 1996

42 Foreign Assets (Declaration) Regulation, 1972

43 Foreign Exchange Rules, 1952

44 Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act,1976

45 Horse-Race Betting Tax Act, 1958

46 Imports And Exports (Control) Act, 1950

47 Import of Goods (Development Surcharge) Ordinance, 1984

48 Import Trade And Procedure Order, 2000

49 Import Trade and Procedure order, 2000 (Amendment)

50 Import Policy Order, 2005

51 Income Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2002

52 Income Tax (Amendment) Rules,2004

53 Income Tax Ordinance, 1979

54 Income Tax Ordinance, 2001

55 Income Tax Ordinance, 2002

56 Income Tax Rules, 2002

57 Karachi Port Security Force Ordinance, 2002

58 Levy and Collection of Extra Tax Rules, 1999

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59 No Duty No Drawback Rules, 1998

60 North-West Frontier Province Sales Tax Ordinance, 2000

61 Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996

62 Passenger’s Baggage (Import) Rules, 1998

63 Pay-As-You-Earn Scheme Act. 1973

64 Prevention Of Smuggling Act, 1977

65 Professions Tax Limitation 1941

66 Punjab Excise Act, 1914

67 Punjab Sales Tax Ordinance, 2000

68 Punjab Urban Immoveable Property Tax Act, 1958

69 Punjab Urban Immovable Property (Validation of Tax) Act, 1976

70 Punjab Urban Immovable Property Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

71 Punjab Urban Local councils (Immovable Property Tax) Rules, 1999

72 Refund of Sales Tax (On Export Of Specified Goods) Rules, 2002

73 Registration, Voluntary Registration and De-registration Rules, 1996

74 Retailers Enlistment Tax Rules, 2000

75 Sales Tax Recovery Rules, 1992

76 Sales Tax Act, 1990

77 Sales Tax (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1998

78 Sales Tax Special Audit Rules, 1998

79 Sales Tax (Amendment) Act, 1999

80 Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 1999

81 Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000

82 Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

83 Sales Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

84 Sales Tax Refund Rules, 2002

85 Sales Tax Rules, 2004

86 Sales Tax Special Procedures Rules, 2004

87 Sales Tax Rules, 2005

88 Simplified Sales Tax Rules, 1999

89 Special Procedure for Spinning Industry Rules, 1999

90 Special Procedure for Supply of Food Rules, 1999

91 Sindh Sales Tax Ordinance, 2000

92 Special Procedure for Collection and Payment of Sales Tax (Electric Power) Rules, 2000

93 Special Procedure for Payment of Sales Tax Rules, 2000

94 Special Procedure for Jewelers Rules, 2001

95 Special Procedure for Manufacturers- cum-Suppliers of Spun Yarn Rules, 2003

96 Special Procedure for Manufacturers-cum-Suppliers of Spun Yarn Rules, 2004

97 Taunsa Barrage Betterment Tax Ordinance, 1971

98 Tax Laws (Amendments) Ordinance, 1999

99 Tax-payers (Authorized Representative) Rules, 2001

100 Textile Quota Management Policy Order, 2002

101 Thal (Increase in Value) (Validation of Levy of Tax) Ordinance, 1971

102 Turnover Tax Rules, 1999

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103 Wealth Tax Act, 1963

104 West Pakistan Urban Immovable Property Tax Act, 1958

105 Zero-rating of Hand-Knotted Carpets Rules, 2001

Telecommunication Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Access Promotion Rules, 2004

09 Electronic crimes Act 2003

10 Electronic Data Protection Act, 2005

11 Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002

12 Fixed Line Tariff Regulations, 2004

13 Interconnection Disputes Resolution Regulations, 2004

14 Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2005

15 Motion Pictures Ordinance, 1979

16 Non Voice Communication Network Service Regulations, 2004

17 Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

18 Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation Act, 1973

19 Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Act, 1973

20 Pakistan Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (Treatment of Food Ionizing Radiation) Regulations, 1996

21 Pakistan Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Ordinance, 1984

22 Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority Act, 1996

23 Pakistan Telecommunication Corporation Act, 1991

24 Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) Act, 1996

25 Pakistan Telecommunication Rules, 2000

26 Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2005

27 Pakistan Telecommunication (Re-organization) (Amendment) Act, 2006

28 Post Office Act, 1898

29 Punjab Information Technology Board Ordinance 1999

30 Telegraph Act, 1885

31 Television Receiving Apparatus (Possession and Licensing) Rules, 1970

32 Wireless Telegraph Act, 1933

Waqf Properties Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Auqaf (Federal Control) Repeal) Ordinance, 1979

02 Balochistan Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

03 Mussalman Wakf Validation Act, 1923

04 North-West Frontier Province Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

05 Punjab Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

06 Sindh Waqf Properties Ordinance, 1979

Water & Power Laws Sr. No. LAWS

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01 Alternative Energy Development Board Ordinance 2005

02 Definition & Special Conditions for Supply of Energy

03 Baluchistan Ground Water Rights Ordinance, 1978

04 Canal And Drainage Act, 1873

05 Canal and Drainage (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

06 Canal And Drainage Rules

07 Definitions And Special Conditions For Supply Of Energy

08 Electricity (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998

09 Electricity Act, 1910

10 Electricity Rules, 1937

11 Electricity (Emergency Powers) (Control Of Supply) Act, 1949

12 Electricity Control Ordinance, 1965

13 Electricity Control (West Pakistan) Order, 1966

14 Electricity Act (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1971

15 Electricity Control Order, 1978 (KESC)

16 Electricity Rules, 1978(Sind Amendments)

17 Employees of the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Allocation to Provinces) Order (1979)

18 Employees Of Wapda (Allocation To Provinces) Order, 1979

19 Enhancement of Electricity Duty

20 Enhancement of Electricity Duty Punjab finance ordinance, 1978

21 Greater Lahore Water Supply, Sewerage And Drainage Ordinance, 1967

22 Indus River System (Authority) Act, 1992

23 Karachi Development Authority Calculation Of Rate Of Water Supply Regulations, 1969

24 Karachi Development Authority Recovery Of Water Charges Regulations, 1960

25 KESC (removal From Service) Ordinance, 1999

26 Minor Canals Act, 1905

27 National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Tariff Standards and Procedure) Rules, 1998

28 National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Fees Pertaining To Tariff Standards And Procedure) Regulations, 2002

29 National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Fines) Rules, 2002

30 National Electric Power Regulatory Authority Performance Standards (Distribution) Rules, 2005

31 National Electric Power Regulatory Authority Performance Standards (Distribution) Rules, 2005

32 NEPRA Consumer Eligibility Criteria, 2003

33 Network Analyzer Study Centre (Transfer to WAPDA) Ordinance, 1983

34 Offences in respect of Electricity (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance, 1998

35 On-Farm Water Management And Water User's Associations (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

36 On-Farm Water Management and Water Users’ Associations Ordinance, 1981

37 Pakistan Water And Power Development Authority Act, 1958

38 Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Chairman and Members) (Salary, Allowance and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1980

39 Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Amendment) Ordinance, 1998

40 Performance Standards (Transmission) Rules, 2005

41 Public Health (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance, 1944

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42 Punjab Electricity Act, 1939

43 Punjab Electricity (Emergency Powers) Act, 1941

44 Punjab Irrigation And Drainage Authority Act 1997

45 Regulation of Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electric Power Act, 1997

46 Rule U/S 75 And 36 Of The Canal And Drainage Act, 1873

47 Sind Electricity Control Act, 1952

48 Standing Power Rates Advisory Board (Amendment) Ordinance, 1978

49 Standing Power Rates Advisory Board Order, 1972

50 Wapda (Chairman And Members) Service Rules, 1972

51 Wapda (Chairman Etc.) (Salary,

52 Water and Power Development Authority (Chairman and Members) Service Rules, 1972

53 West Pakistan Determination Of Land Revenue And Water Rate Ordinance, 1959

54 West Pakistan Electricity Duty Rules, 1964

55 West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (Chairman and Members) Service Rules, 1972

Women Laws Sr. No. LAWS

01 Family Courts Act , 1964

02 West Pakistan Family Court Rules, 1965

03 Azad Jammu and Kashmir Family Courts Act, 1993

04 West Pakistan Family Courts (NWFP Amendment) Act, 1996

05 Family Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1997

06 Family Courts Amendment) Act, 1997.

07 West Pakistan Family Courts (Sindh Amendment) Ordinance, 1997.

08 West Pakistan Family Courts (Sindh Amendment) Act, 1997

09 Family Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

10 Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi (Amendment ) Act, 2004

11 Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Ordinance, 1999

12 Frontier Women University (Amendment) Act, 2010

13 Hindu Married Women's Right to Separate Residence and Maintenance Act, 1946.

14 Hindu Married Women's Right to Separate Residence and Maintenance Act, 1946

15 Hindu Womens Rights to Property Act 1937

16 Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937

17 Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore Ordinance, 2002

18 Lahore College For Women University Lahore (Amendment) Act, 2004

19 Lahore College For Women University, Lahore Ordinance, 2002

20 Mines Maternity Benefit Act 1941

21 Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961

22 Muslim Family Laws (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1975.

23 North-West Frontier Province Establishment of a Commission on the Status of Women Act, 2009

24 Peoples University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women, Shaheed Benazirabad Act, 2009

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25 Protection Against Harassment of women at the Workplace Act, 2010

26 Protection of Women (Criminal Laws Amendment) Act, 2006

27 Punjab Hindu Women’s Rights to Agricultural Land Ordinance, 1959

28 Punjab Suppression of Prostitution Ordinance, 1961

29 Punjab/Sindh/N.W.F.P./Balochistan Family Courts Act, 1964

30 Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University Of Balochistan Ordinance, 2004

31 Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University Quetta Act, 2004

32 Sardar Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan Women University Azad Jammu and Kashmir Ordinance, 2011.

33 West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Ordinance, 1958

34 West Pakistan Maternity Benefit Rules, 1961

35 Women In Distress And Detention Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002

36 Women in Distress and Detention Fund (Amendment) Ordinance, 2008

37 Women in Distress and Detention Fund Act, 1996

38 Women University Multan Act, 2010

39 Women's University Ordinance, 1985