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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. 19. Amendment of section 2111 Act, XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 21H,- (a) after subsection (1) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-- "Provided that the confessional statement made before the District Police Officer or equivalent officer including officer of security forces operating in aid of civil power in the military or security operational areas notified by the Government under section 4 of this Act, involving attack on the members of Armed Forces, Civil Armed Forces, Law Enforcement Agencies, Government installations, hotels or public property shall be admissible in evidence.", and (b) in the proviso, after the word "Provided" the word "further" shall be inserted.