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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 21. Vote of no-confidence.---(1) Where in case of a Local Committee, the District Committee, after such enquiry as it may deem fit is of the opinion that the members of that Committee no longer have confidence in the Chairman, the District Committee may in the prescribed manner remove the Chairman from his office. (2) Wherein the case of a member of a Local Committee, or of a Local Committee as a whole, the District Committee after such enquiry as it may deem fit, is of the opinion that the adult Muslim residents of the locality no longer have confidence in the member, or in the Committee as a whole, the District Committee may, in the prescribed manner, remove the member from his office or dissolve the Committee as a whole. (3) The vacancy in the office of Chairman or member or members so caused shall be notified by the District Committee and shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance.