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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 VI MISCELLANEOUS 31. Repeal and saving.--(1) The provisions of the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980 (Ordinance No.XVIII of 1980) applicable and to the extent of the. Province of Balochistan, are hereby repealed. (2). Notwithstanding the repeal of the provisions of Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980 under subsection (1), (hereinafter referred as the repeal Ordinance), the rules, regulations, bye-laws made or saved, order, notifications issued, anything done, action taken, obligation, liability, penalty of punishment incurred, inquiry or proceeding commenced, persons appointed or person authorized, jurisdiction of powers conferred under any of the provisions of the repeal Ordinance, shall if not inconsistent with the provision of this Ordinance continue in force and deemed to have been done, taken incurred, commenced, appointed, authorized, conferred, .made, imposed or assessed, released or issued under this Ordinance.