POLICE ORDER (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017
An Act further to amend the Police Order, 2002
[Gazette of Punjab, Extraordinary, 28th September, 2017]
ACT XIII OF 2017
No. PAP/Legis-2(162)/2017/1649. The Police Order (Amendment) Bill, 2017, having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on September 20, 2017, and assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on September 27, 2017, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
It is necessary further to amend the Police Order, 2002 (C.E. Order No. 22 of 2002), in its application to Province of the Punjab, to rationalize the provisions relating to the appointment of the Provincial Police Officer;
Be it enacted by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:
- Short title and commencement.–(1) This Act may be cited as the Police Order (Amendment) Act, 2017.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
- Amendment in Article 11 of Order 22 of 2002.–In the Police Order, 2002 (C. E. Order No. 22 of 2002), in its application to Province of the Punjab, in Article 11, in clause (1), the expression “by the National Public Safety Commission from a list provided” shall be omitted.
- Repeal.–The Police Order (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 (VIII of 2017) is hereby repealed.
