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Amendment of section 21G, Act XXVII of 1997

Act: Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment) Act 2013

Section Provisions

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:-- 18. Amendment of section 21G, Act XXVII of 1997.---In the said Act, in section 21G, for the full stop, at the end, a colon shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be added, namely:-- "Provided that the Courts of Zila Qazi or Azafi Zila Qazi established under the Shariah Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009 shall be deemed to be the court and shall try all cases so assigned to them by the administrative judge designated under subsection (2) or subsection (4) of section 13, as the case may be."