15

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. 15. Amendment of section 21E Act, XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 21E,-- (a) in subsection (1), for the words "fifteen days" the words "not less than thirty days at one time" shall be substituted; (b) in subsection (2), in the proviso for the word "thirty" the word "ninety" shall be substituted; and (c) in subsection (3), for the full stop at the end a colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely: "Provided that the Magistrates appointed under the Shariah Nizam-e-Adal Regulation, 2009 shall alto have the same powers as given to a Court under this section"