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THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ACT, 2015 THE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ACT, 2015 ACT No. XIV OF 2015 [8th September, 2015] An Act to reform and repeal the Anti-Dumping Duties Ordinance, 2000 WHEREAS it is expedient to give effect in Pakistan to the provisions of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1994, and to the Agreement on Implementation thereof and to amend and consolidate the law relating to imposition of anti-dumping duties to offset such dumping, to provide a framework for investigation and determination of dumping and injury in respect of goods imported into Pakistan and for matters ancillary thereto or connected therewith; AND WHEREAS the imposition of anti-dumping duties to offset injurious dumping is in the public interest; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for certain reforms in the Anti-Dumping Duties Ordinance, 2000 (LXV of 2000), by repealing the said Ordinance and re-enacting the law for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows: PART XIII IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES 53. Anti-dumping and countervailing duties and fees to be held in a non-lapsable personal ledger account. (1) The Commission shall establish and maintain a non-lapsable personal ledger account in its name for the purposes of Anti-Dumping Duties and Countervailing Duties. (2) All anti-dumping and countervailing duties collected under the laws specified in sub-section (1) shall be held in that account. (3) The account established under sub-section (1) shall be maintained and operated in such manner as may be prescribed.