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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. 14. Amendment of section 21D Act, XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 21D:-- (a) for subsection (1) the following shall be substituted, namely; "(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 496 and 497 of the Code, no Court shall grant bail to a person accused of an offence under this Act punishable with death or imprisonment for life or imprisonment exceeding ten years." (b) in subsection (2), for the colon: at the end a full stop shall be substituted and the proviso shall be omitted; (c) subsections (3), (4) and (5) shall be omitted; and (d) in subsection (6), for the words "in accordance with the conditions of his bail," the words and comma "during investigation, remand or trial" shall be substituted.