EMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023
ACT NO. LIV OF 2023
An Act further to amend the Emigration Ordinance, 1979
[Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-I, 10th August, 2023]
No. F. 9(10)/2023-Legis., 9.8.2023.–The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 8th August, 2023 and is hereby published for general information:–
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Emigration Ordinance, 1979 (XVIII of 1979), in the manner and for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted as follows:–
1. Short title and commencement.–This Act shall be called the Emigration (Amendment) Act, 2023.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 15, Ordinance XVIII of 1979.–In the Emigration Ordinance, 1979 (XVIII of 1979), in Section 15, after the word “person”, occurring for the second time, the words “or in the prescribed manner through video link or such other modem devices” shall be inserted.
