THE RAILWAYS (TRANSPORT OF GOODS) (WEST PAKISTAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 1963

(W.P. Act XIV of 1963)

C O N T E N T S

Sections

         1.         Short title.

         2.         Amendment of section I of Act XII of 1947.

         3.         Amendment of Section 2 of Act XII of 1947.

         4.         Amendment of sections 3 and 6 of Act XII of 1947.

         5.         Amendment of section 4 of Act XII of 1947.

         6.         Amendment of section 5 of Act XII of 1947.

 

[1]THE RAILWAYS (TRANSPORT OF GOODS) (WEST PAKISTAN AMENDMENT) ACT, 1963

(W.P. Act XIV of 1963)

[19 July 1963]

An Act further to amend the Railways (Transport of Goods) Act, 1947

Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Railways (Transport of Goods) Act, 1947[2], in the manner hereinafter appearing;

      It is hereby enacted as follows:-

1.   Short title.— This Act may be called the Railways (Transport of Goods) (West Pakistan Amendment) Act, 1963.

2.   Amendment of section I of Act XII of 1947.— In sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Railways (Transport of Goods) Act, 1947[3], hereinafter referred to as the said Act, for the word “sixteen”, the word “eighteen” shall be substituted.

3.   Amendment of Section 2 of Act XII of 1947.— In section 2 of the said Act, for clause (c), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

      “(c)  ‘railway administration’ means the administration of the Pakistan Western Railway within the meaning of the Railways Act, 1890 (Act IX of 1890).”

4.     Amendment of sections 3 and 6 of Act XII of 1947.— In section 3 and section 6 of the said Act, for the words “Central Government”, wherever occurring, the words “Principal Government” shall be substituted.

5.   Amendment of section 4 of Act XII of 1947.— In section 4 of the said Act, for the word “every”, the word “the” shall be substituted.

6.   Amendment of section 5 of Act XII of 1947.— In section 5 of the said Act, for the words “any railway administration”, wherever occurring the words “the railway administration” shall be substituted.


[1]For statement of objects and reasons, see Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary) 1963, pp. 3003-B to 3003-C.

  This Act was passed by the West Pakistan Assembly on 10th July, 1963; assented to by the Governor of West Pakistan on 17th July, 1963; and, published in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 19th July, 1963, pp. 3177-78.

[2]Act XII of 1947.

[3]Ibid.