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ACT XX OF 2013 ACT XX OF 2013 ANTI-TERRORISM (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2013 An Act further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 26th March, 2013] No. F. 9 (13)/2013-Legis., dated 26-3-2013.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on 22nd March, 2013, is hereby published for general information:- Whereas it is expedient further to amend Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997) for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:-- 12. Amendment of section 19, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 19,-- (a) for subsection (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(1) The offences under this Act shall be investigated by .a police officer not below the rank of inspector. The Government, if deems necessary, may constitute a Joist Investigation Team (JIT) of the officers from other law enforcement agencies including intelligence agencies for assisting the investigation officer. The investigating officer or the JIT shall complete the investigation in respect of cases triable by the court within thirty working days and forward a report under section 173 of the Code directly to the court: Provided that, where investigation is not completed within a period of thirty days from the date of recording of the first information report under section 154 of the Code the investigation officer or the JIT shall, within three days after expiration of such period, forward to the court through the Public Prosecutor, an interim report under section 173 of the Code, stating therein the result of investigation made until then and the Court shall commence the trial on the basis of such interim report, unless, for reasons to be recorded, the court decides that the trial may not so commence." ; (b) after subsection (1), substituted as aforesaid, the following new subsection shall be inserted, namely:- "(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Federal Government may, in respect of any case registered by or under investigation with, the Police or any other investigation agency or authority, by order in writing, entrust inquiry or such investigation to such agency or authority as it may deem fit and thereupon the Police, or any other investigation agency or the authority shall transfer the record of the case to such agency or authority."; and (c) in subsection (10) in the first proviso, for the words "three national daily newspapers out of which one shall be in urdu language" the words "in one daily newspaper including Sindhi language" shall be substituted.