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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 IV MISCELLANEOUS 22. Rules.---(1) The Government may be notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters:-- (a) submission of application to a notified officer; (b) mode, manner and periodicity of the payments made to a civilian victim or any of his family member; (c) repair or construction of a dwelling unit of a civilian victim; (d) compensation for loss of livestock or for loss to business establishment of a civilian victim; (e) details of communications between the notified officers and the Government for timely payments to the civilian victims and authenticity of communication; (f) rehabilitation of the civilian victim and his family members; (g) medical treatment of the civilian victims; (h) maintenance of records and publication of information under the Act; (i) procedure for decision of applications and appeals under the Act; and (j) maintenance of accounts.