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ORDINANCE I OF 2011 ORDINANCE I OF 2011 BALOCHISTAN ZAKAT AND USHR ORDINANCE, 2011 An Ordinance to make provisions relating to the assessment, collection and disbursement of Zakat and Ushr [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 22th April, 2011] No. Legis.1-52/Law/79-Vol-II/4371-72, dated 26-4-2011.---The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 22nd April, 2011 is hereby published for general information:-- 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 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; And whereas the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan is not in session and the Governor is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 128(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the Governor is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-- 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 Ordinance 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 District Officer (Revenue); (c) in the case of a Tehsil or Sub-Divisional Committee, by the ex officio member, that is, Deputy District Officer (Revenue) 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 Conunittee, The District Officer (Revenue) shall perform the functions of the Chairman, District Committee.