PREAMBLE

THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR (ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1961 THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR (ADMINISTRATION OF PROPERTY) ORDINANCE, 1961 ORDINANCE No. III of 1961 [13th February, 1961] An Ordinance to vest in the Central Government certain immov able properties which vested in the State of Jammu and Kashmir on the fifteenth day of August, 1947, and to provide for matters connected therewith. WHEREAS there are several immovable properties, situated in the territory of Pakistan, the title to which vested in the State of Jammu and Kashmir *[, or the Maharaja of Jammu and Kash mir or the Maharaja of Poonch,] on the fifteenth day of August, 1947; *[Ins. by the Jammu and Kashmir (Administration of Property) (Amdt.) Ordinance, 1961 (43 of 1961), s. 2.] AND WHEREAS the constitutional position in the State of Jammu and Kashmir has altered since that date giving rise to an international dispute as to its legality; AND WHEREAS the said properties are suffering for want of care; NOW THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance: