PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (PIMS) ACT, 2023
ACT NO. I OF 2023
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An Act to repeal the Federal Medical Teaching
Institutes Act, 2021
[Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part-I, 11th January, 2023]
No. F. 23(36)/2022-Legis., dated 11.1.2023.–The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on the 3rd January, 2023 is hereby published for general information:–
WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Federal Medical Teaching Institutes Act, 2021 (XII of 2021);
It is hereby enacted as follows:–
1. Short title and commencement.–(1) This Act shall be called the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Act, 2023.
(2) It shall come into force at once and shall be deemed to have taken effect on and from the commencement of the Federal Medical Teaching Institutes Act, 2021 (XII of 2021).
2. Definitions.–In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,–
(a) “Division concerned” means the Division to which the business of this Act stands allocated under the Rules of Business, 1973;
(b) “Government” means the Federal Government;
(c) “hospital” means a teaching hospital as notified by the Federal Government or any authority authorized by it in this behalf, headed by an Executive Director, to be appointed by the Government in accordance with the provisions contained in the Civil Servants Act, 1973 (LXXI of 1 973) and Rules made thereunder;
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act; and
(e) “super specialty” means highly skilled medical professionals.
3. Super specialty.–The Government can engage highly skilled clinical medical professionals up to sixty five years of age having extra ordinary professional capabilities. Such highly skilled medical professionals shall be appointed on Management Pay Scales or any other special pay scale as may be prescribed by rules.
4. Removal of difficulties.–If a difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette make such order as it deems necessary for removal of the difficulty:
Provided that this power shall not be exercised after two years of the commencement of this Act.
5. Overriding effect.–The Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad (Amendment) Act, 2018 (III of 2018) shall have override effect on the provision of this Act:
Provided that in case of any controversy between the provisions of this Act and the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad (Amendment) Act, 2018 (III of 2018), the provisions of the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad (Amendment) Act, 2018 (III of 2018) shall prevail.
6. Repeal and Savings.–(1) The Federal Medical Teaching Institutes Act, 2021 (XII of 2021) hereinafter referred to as the repealed Act, shall stand repealed.
(2) The Board formed pursuant to the repealed Act shall stands dissolved upon the commencement of this Act.
(3) All assets, rights, movable and immovable properties, records, cash, bank accounts, deposits etc. of the dissolved Medical Teaching Institute under the repealed Act shall stand transferred to the Division concerned which carrying the business under the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad (Amendment) Act, 2018 (III of 2018) and shall be deemed to be assets, rights, properties, records, cash, bank accounts, deposits etc. of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad (Amendment) Act, 2018 (III of 2018).
(4) All liabilities, payables and receivables of the dissolved Medical Teaching Institute under the repealed Act shall be deemed to be the liabilities, payables and receivables to the Division concerned which carrying the business under the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad (Amendment) Act, 2018 (III of 2018).
SCHEDULE-I
(See Section 6)
List of institutions (colleges and hospitals) declared as National medical institutions.
1. Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad along with the Federal Medical College, Islamabad being a teaching hospital and college respectively of the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad.
2. Dental Hospital Islamabad and its School of Dentistry, being a teaching hospital/constituent college of the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad.
