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ACT IV OF 2014 ACT IV OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (RELIEF AND REHABILITATION) ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for institutionalized response to redress the hardships faced by the civilian victims and their families; to provide for timely recognition and assistance for civilian victims of terrorist acts; recognize right of civilian victims to receive state assistance for relief healthcare and rehabilitation; arrange for adequate funds for such assistance; create an effective mechanism to track, investigate and analyze civilian harm in terrorist acts; and to deal with ancillary matters. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 10th February, 2014] No.PAB/Legis: V (04)/2014-5004, dated 10-2-2014.---The Balochistan Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Bill 2014 (Bill No.04 of 2014), having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 28th January, 2014 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 6th February, 2014, is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---Whereas it is necessary to take measures for providing institutionalized response for relief and rehabilitation of civilian individuals and their families who fall victims terrorists acts and matters connected and identical hereto: It is hereby enacted as follows: ACT IV OF 2014 BALOCHISTAN CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF TERRORISM (RELIEF AND REHABILITATION) ACT, 2014 An Act to provide for institutionalized response to redress the hardships faced by the civilian victims and their families; to provide for timely recognition and assistance for civilian victims of terrorist acts; recognize right of civilian victims to receive state assistance for relief healthcare and rehabilitation; arrange for adequate funds for such assistance; create an effective mechanism to track, investigate and analyze civilian harm in terrorist acts; and to deal with ancillary matters. [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 10th February, 2014] CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 2. Definitions.---In this Act, unless there is anything regnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "Act" means the Balochistan Civilian Victims of Terrorism (Relief and Rehabilitation) Act, 2014; (b) "civilian victim" means a person, not being a terrorist or a personnel of a law enforcement agency on duty, who suffers harm to body or property due to any terrorist act and, in the event of death of the person, includes the spouse of the victim or, in absence of a spouse but in order of precedence, a child, mother, father, minor sibling or other legal heirs of the victim; (c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of a Division or an area; (d) "family member" means spouse, dependent child, dependent parent and a dependent sibling; (e) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan; (f) "healthcare" includes diagnosis and treatment of an illness, psychological care and treatment of trauma; (g) "law enforcement agency" means, Police Levies and Frontier Corps or any other law enforcement agency notified by the Government. (h) "notified officer" means the principal administrative officer of a district or any other person in the service of Pakistan notified by the Government as notified officer for the district; (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under the Act; (j) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to the Act; (k) "terrorist" means a person who has committed, attempts to commit or is accused of the commission of a terrorist act; and (l) "terrorist act" means an unlawful act using any explosive, weapon or any other means of force or show of force by a terrorist against a person or property to intimidate or coerce public, a section of public, the Government, Federal Government or any agency or authority of a Government, in furtherance of political, sectarian, religious, ethnic or social objectives and includes a suicide attack, sectarian violence and an armed conflict between a terrorist and a law enforcement agency.