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The National Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism Authority Act, 2023 (Act No. LIII of 2023) -

Adoption: 2023-08-07 | Date of entry into force: 2023-08-07 | PAK-2023-L-115320

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Pakistan Sovereign Wealth Fund Act, 2023 (Act No. XLVIII of 2023) -

Adoption: 2023-08-04 | Date of entry into force: 2023-08-04 | PAK-2023-L-115321

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Elections (Second Amendment) Act, 2023 ( Act No. XLIV of 2023) -

Adoption: 2023-08-04 | Date of entry into force: 2023-08-04 | PAK-2023-L-115324

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Election (Amendment) Act, 2023 (XXXV of 2023) -

Adoption: 2023-06-26 | Date of entry into force: 2023-06-26 | PAK-2023-L-115323

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The Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act No. XIX of 2023) -

Adoption: 2023-05-04 | Date of entry into force: 2023-05-04 | PAK-2023-L-114909

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The Balochistan Factories Act, 2021 Act No. XIX of 2021. -

Adoption: 2021-06-14 | PAK-2021-L-112501

An Act to re-enact the existing law relating to the regulation of labour in factories with regard to its application to the province of Balochistan. Repeals the Pakistan Factories Act, 1934 (XXV of 1934) as far is it applies to Balochistan.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Balochistan Shops and Establishments Act 2021, Act No. XVII of 2021. -

Adoption: 2021-06-11 | PAK-2021-L-112503

The Act re-enacts the existing law relating to shops and establishments with regard to its application to the Province of Balochistan, in accordance with the situation, conditions and requirements of the province. It repeals the West Pakistan Shops and Establishments Ordinance 1969 (No. 8) in as far as it applies to Balochistan.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 2020 (No. VII of 2020). -

Adoption: 2020-02-21 | PAK-2020-L-109725

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Elections (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No. XXXVII of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-11-22 | PAK-2017-L-109728

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Elections (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No.XXXV of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-10-18 | PAK-2017-L-109727

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Elections Act, 2017 (Act No. XXXIII of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-10-02 | PAK-2017-L-109726

An Act to amend, consolidate and unify laws relating to the conduct of elections. Repeals the following laws:
(a) the Electoral Rolls Act, 1974 (Act No. XXI of 1974);
(b) the Delimitation of Constituencies Act, 1974 (Act No. XXXIV of 1974);
(c) the Senate (Election) Act, 1975 (Act No. LI of 1975);
(d) the Representation of the People Act, 1976 (Act No. LXXXV of 1976);
(e) the Election Commission Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‘s Order No.1 of 2002);
(f) the Conduct of General Elections Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‘s Order No.7 of 2002);
(g) the Political Parties Order, 2002 (Chief Executive‘s Order No.18 of 2002); and
(h) the Allocation of Symbols Order, 2002

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

National Counter Terrorism Authority (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No.XXVI of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-06-05 | PAK-2017-L-104939

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Witness Protection, Security and Benefit Act, 2017 (Act No.XXI of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-06-05 | PAK-2017-L-104940

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Act, 2017 (Act No.XX of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-05-30 | PAK-2017-L-104942

Provides for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures for civil cases and includes but is not limited to, arbitration. mediation, conciliation and neutral evaluation.

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Companies Act, 2017 (Act No.XIX of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-05-30 | PAK-2017-L-104943

An Act to reform and re-enact the law relating to companies and for matters connected therewith. Repeals the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984), except Part VIIIA consisting of sections 282A to 282N.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No.XII of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-03-31 | PAK-2017-L-104944

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Hindu Marriage Act, 2017 (Act No.VII of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-03-21 | PAK-2017-L-104946

An Act to provide for the solemnization of marriages by Hindu families and for matter ancillary and incidental thereto.

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Criminal Laws (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act No. IV of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-02-16 | PAK-2017-L-104947

Amends the following laws:
- Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860) - extends penalties for giving false evidence (s. 182), amends section 298 concerning uttering words etc. with deliberate intent to wound religious feelings and section 498B concerning the prohibition of forced marriages;
- Police Act, I86l (V of 1861) - amends sections 23 (duties of police officers), 29 (penalties for neglect of duty), and 32 (penalty for disobeying orders);
- Code of Criminal Procedure (Act No. V of 1898) - amends Schedule II concerning penalties for the offences amended in the Penal Code;
- Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (PO No. 10 of 1984) amends article 164 concerning production of evidence using modern devices; and
- Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (No. XXVII of 1997) - adds a new section 11WW establishing the offence of lynching and setting out penalties for those committing the offence.

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The Code of Criminal Procedure (Sindh Amendment) Act, 2017 (Sindh Act No.IV of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-02-02 | Date of entry into force: 2017-03-10 | PAK-2017-L-104991

Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure with respect to its application to the Province of Sindh by inserting a new section 156-C concerning Mandatory DNA Testing in Rape cases and section 156-D concerning preservation of DNA evidence in rape cases.

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The Sindh Prohibition of Corporal Punishment Act, 2016 (Sindh Act No.VII of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-01-31 | Date of entry into force: 2017-03-15 | PAK-2017-L-104992

The Act provides that a child, defined as anyone under the age of 18 years old, has the right to be shown respect for his personality and individuality and shall not be made subject to corporal punishment or any other humiliating or degrading treatment.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Act, 2017 (Act No. II of 2017). -

Adoption: 2017-01-24 | PAK-2017-L-104974

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Special Economic Zones (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act No. XLV of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-10-24 | PAK-2016-L-109731

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences Relating to Rape) Act, 2016 (Act XLIV of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-10-22 | PAK-2016-L-109729

The Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences Relating to Rape) Act 2016 amends the Pakistan Penal Code of 1860, which penalised the offence of rape against women in 2006.
Section 2 amends Section 55 of the Penal Code and makes offences related to rape non commutable.

The Act amends Section 376 of the Penal Code establishing that whoever commits rape of a minor or a person with mental or physical disability shall be punished with death or life imprisonment, including public servants such as police officers, medical officers or jailers, who, taking advantage of their official position, commit rape. Section 367A of the Penal Code is also amended, prohibiting the disclosure of the identity of the victim of rape. The Act also inserts a new section providing for the obligation of the investigation officer to record the statement of the victim in presence of a female police officer or other female family members of the victim.

Finally, the Act deletes Article 151(4) of the Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, 1984 (P.O. No. 10 of l984) which provided that "the credit of a witness may be impeached in the following ways by the adverse party, or, with the consent of the Court, by the party who calls him:...(4) when a man is prosecuted for rape or an attempt to ravish, it may be shown that the prosecutrix was of generally immoral character."

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Criminal Law (Amendment) (Offences in the Name or on pretext of Honour) (Act XLIII of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-10-21 | PAK-2016-L-109730

Amends the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of
Criminal Procedure, 1898 by increasing the penalties for honour killings and amending the definition and scope of offences relating to honour killing. It treats the case of honour killing as “Fasad-fil-ard” for which the sentence suggested is life imprisonment that can’t be waived or compounded.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 (Act No.XL of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-08-19 | PAK-2016-L-104952

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Constitution (Twenty-second Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act No.XXV) of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-06-09 | PAK-2016-L-104945

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Foundation Act, 2016 (Act No. VII of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-05-25 | Date of entry into force: 2016-06-02 | PAK-2016-L-102077

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Punjab Marriage Functions Act 2016 (XXIX of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-04-20 | PAK-2016-L-104985

Repeals the Marriage Functions (Prohibition of Ostentatious Displays and Wasteful Expenses) Ordinance 2000 (II of 2000), in its application to the Province of the Punjab, and the Punjab Marriage Functions Ordinance, 2015 (VI of 2016).

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The Balochistan Witness Protection Act 2016 (Act No. IV of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-04-05 | PAK-2016-L-104970

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Punjab Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Ordinance 2016 (X of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-03-07 | PAK-2016-L-102086

Provides for the institutionalized response to redress the hardship faced by the civilian victims and their families owing to an act of terrorism.

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Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act 2016 (XVI of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-02-29 | PAK-2016-L-102088

The Act has been adopted to establish an effective system of protection, relief and rehabilitation of women against violence.

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The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2016 (Act No.VI of 2016). -

Adoption: 2016-02-04 | PAK-2016-L-101673

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Punjab Information of Temporary Residents Act 2015 (VIII of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-03-10 | PAK-2015-L-102085

Whereas it is expedient to obtain information about tenants and other temporary residents; to develop a database of such persons; to effectively combat terrorism and other crimes; to use such information for investigation and prosecution of certain offences; and, to provide for ancillary matters.

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The Balochistan Local Government (Amendment) Act (Act No. I of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-02-28 | Date of entry into force: 2015-03-04 | PAK-2015-L-102073

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Constitution (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act No. I of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015-01-07 | PAK-2015-L-101679

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General Elections 2013 Inquiry Commission Ordinance, 2015 (VII of 2015). -

Adoption: 2015 | PAK-2015-R-99624

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Balochistan Borstal Institutions Act 2014 (Act No. XXIII of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-08-30 | Date of entry into force: 2014-09-03 | PAK-2014-L-102074

Regulates borstals institutions set up to house juvenile offenders and provide them with education and training. Juvenile is defined as any person under the age of eighteen years old.

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The Protection of Pakistan Act, 2014 (X of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-07-14 | PAK-2014-L-101680

An Act to provide for the protection against the waging of war or insurrection against Pakistan and the prevention of acts threatening the security of Pakistan.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2014 (Act No. XXI of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-03-21 | Date of entry into force: 2014-04-02 | PAK-2014-L-96225

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The Sindh Environmental Protection Act, 2014 (Act No.VIII of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-02-24 | Date of entry into force: 2014-03-19 | PAK-2014-L-96274

Act to provide for the protection, conservation, rehabilitation and improvement of the environment, for the prevention and control of pollution, and promotion of sustainable development.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Balochistan Domestic Violence (Prevention and protection) Act (No. VII of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-02-12 | PAK-2014-L-96222

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Act (Act No. IV of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-01-28 | Date of entry into force: 2014-02-06 | PAK-2014-L-96220

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Promotion, Protection and Enforcement of Human Rights Act, 2014 (Act No. III of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014-01-13 | Date of entry into force: 2014-01-17 | PAK-2014-L-96227

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Act, 2014 (VI of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014 | PAK-2014-L-99625

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Anti-terrorism (Second Amendment) Act, 2014 (VII of 2014). -

Adoption: 2014 | PAK-2014-L-99626

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act, 2013 (Act No. XXVIII of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-10-31 | Date of entry into force: 2013-11-04 | PAK-2013-L-96224

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Right to Information Act, 2013 (Act No. XXVII of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-10-31 | Date of entry into force: 2013-11-04 | PAK-2013-L-96226

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The Sindh Local Government Act, 2013 (Act No.XLII of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-08-19 | Date of entry into force: 2013-08-26 | PAK-2013-L-96273

This Act repeals the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 1979, which was revived by the Sindh (Repeal of the Sindh Peoples Local Government Act, 2012 and Revival of the Sindh Local Government Ordinance, 1979) Act, 2013.

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment) Act, 2013 (Act No. XX of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-03-26 | PAK-2013-L-96215

Pakistan - General provisions - Law, Act

The National Counter Terrorism Authority Act, 2013 (Act No. XIX of 2013). -

Adoption: 2013-03-26 | PAK-2013-L-96216