THE PREVENTION
OF CORRUPTION ACT (
(W.P. Ordinance XXXI of 1958)
C O N T E N T S
Sections
1. Short title.
2. Extension of Act II of 1947 to the
whole of
3. Amendment of Act II of 1947.
4. Repeal.
[1]THE PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT (
(W.P.
Ordinance XXXI of 1958)
[
An Ordinance to extend the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1947, to the whole of the
Preamble.— WHEREAS it is expedient to extend the Prevention of
Corruption Act, 1947, to the whole of the
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the presidential proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-
1. Short title.— This Ordinance may be called the Prevention of Corruption Act (West Pakistan Extension) Ordinance, 1958.
2. Extension of Act II of 1947 to the whole of
3. Amendment of Act II of 1947.— In the said Act in its application to the Districts of Kalat, Kharan, Mekran and Las Bela reference to any provision of the Pakistan Penal Code[2] or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898[3], shall as far as possible, be deemed to be reference to the corresponding provisions of the Tazirat-e-Qalat and Zabata-e-Faujdari Qalat, as the case may be.
4. Repeal.— The Bahawalpur Prevention of Corruption Act, 1950, is hereby repealed.
[1]This Ordinance, which amended
and extended Act II of 1947 to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan was
promulgated by the Governor of West Pakistan on 19th December, 1958; published
in the West Pakistan Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 20th Dec., 1958, pages
1713-14; saved and given permanent effect by Article 225 of the Constitution of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (1962).
[2]XLV of
1860.
[3]V of 1898.