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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:-- 15. Amendment of section 21E, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 21E,-- (a) in subsection (1), after the words " not less" the words "fifteen days and not more" shall be inserted; (b) in subsection (2), in the proviso for the word "thirty" the word "ninety" shall be substituted; and (c) in subsection (3), for the full stop at the end a colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:- "Provided that the Magistrates appointed under the Shariah Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009 shall also have the same powers as given to a court under this section.".