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ORDINANCE I OF 2010 ORDINANCE I OF 2010 ANTI-TERRORISM (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2010 An Ordinance further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 1st February, 2010] No.2(I)/2010-Pub., dated 1-2-2010.---The following Ordinance promulgated by the President is herein published for general information: Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997), for the purposes hereinafter appearing; And whereas the National Assembly is not in session and the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance. 8. Amendment of section 11Q, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 11Q, after subsection (6) the following new subsection shall be inserted, namely:--- "(7) A person other than an accused, claiming the ownership or interest in any property or assets, suspected to be terrorist property, May within a period of fifteen days of the freezing of account or of taking into possession or control of such property or assets, as the case may be file his claim before the Court. The Court after giving notice to the prosecution and hearing the parties shall decide the claim."