PAKISTAN BAIT-UL-MAL (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 2016
An Act further to amend the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Act, 1991
[Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-I, 26th April, 2016]
ACT NO. XIX OF 2016
No. F. 9(2)2016-Legis., dated 25.4.2016.–The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 22nd April, 2016 and is hereby published for general information:–
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Act, 1991 (I of 1992), for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted as follows:–
1. Short title and commencement.–This Act may be called the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (Amendment) Act, 2016.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of Section 5, Act I of 1992.–In the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Act, 1991 (I of 1992), hereinafter referred to as the said Act, in Section 5, in sub-section (2), for clauses (i), (iv) and (v) the following shall be substituted, respectively, namely:–
‘(i) Secretary, Government of Pakistan, of the controlling Ministry or Division, under the Rules of Business, 1973, who shall be its ex-officio Chairperson;
(iv) a representative of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony;
(v) a representative of the National Database Registration Authority; and”
3. Amendment of Section 12, Act I of 1992.–In the said Act, in Section 12, for the words and commas “the Ministry of Women Development, Social Welfare and Special Education, Government of Pakistan” the words, comma and figures “controlling Ministry or Division under the Rules of Business, 1973” shall be substituted.
