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BALOCHISTAN ZAKAT AND USHR BALOCHISTAN ZAKAT AND USHR ACT, 2012 An Act to make provisions relating to the assessment, collection and disbursement of Zakat and Ushr [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 27th March, 2012] No.PAB/Legis:V(01)/2012, dated 27-3-2012.---Having been passed the Balochistan Zakat and Ushr Bill No.1 of 2012, by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 20th March, 2012 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 22nd March, 2012 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.--Whereas it is necessary to make provisions relating to the assessment, collection and disbursement of Zakat and Ushr and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. And whereas Zakat, including Ushr, is one of the fundamental pillars (Arkan) of Islam; and prime objective of the collection of Zakat and Ushr, and disbursements therefrom, is to assist the needy, the indigent and the poor; And whereas the rates of Zakat and Ushr, as also the purposes for the utilization of Zakat and Ushr, are specified in Shariah; and And whereas Shariah enjoins all Muslims who are Sahib-e-Nisab to pay, and the State to arrange for the proper collection, disbursement and utilization of Zakat and Ushr, and also allows such Muslims to disburse for the purposes authorized by Shariah the part thereof not collected by the State; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- CHAPTER-IV ZAKAT FUNDS 19. Person to preside at meetings in the absence of Chairman.--If the office of Chairman of a Council or Committee established or constituted under this Act is for the time being vacant, or the Chairman is absent from a meeting of the Council or Committee, the meetings thereof or as the case may be, the meeting from which the Chairman is absent, shall be presided at -- (a) in the case of the Provincial Council, by the Chief Administrator; (b) in the case of a District Committee, by the Deputy Commissioner; (c) in the case of a Tehsil or Sub-Divisional Committee, by the ex officio member, or, if the ex-officio member is himself the Chairman of the Committee, by the member elected by the members present; and (d) in the case of Local Committee, by the member elected by the members present: Provided that in case of temporary disability of the Chairman, District Committee, the Deputy Commissioner shall perform the functions of the Chairman, District Committee.