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ACT V OF 2017 ACT V OF 2017 BALOCHISTAN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN ACT, 2017 An Act to provide for the establishment of Balochistan Commission on the Status of Women [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 9th September, 2017] No. PAB/Legis:V(06)/2017, dated 9.9.2017.---The Balochistan Commission of the Status of Women Bill (Bill No.06 of 2017) having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 30th August, 2017 and assented to by the Governor, Balochistan on 08th September, 2017 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to establish the Balochistan Commission on the status of Women for the promotion of social, economic, political and legal rights of women as provided in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto:- It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER-II THE COMMISSION 3. Establishment of the Commission.---(1) The Government shall establish a Commission to be known as the Balochistan Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW), to exercise the powers conferred upon, and to perform the functions assigned to it under this Act. (2) The Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of any property and shall sue and be sued by the said name. (3) The Commission shall consist of:- (a) not less than nine and more than fifteen, members of which two third members shall be females, including a Chairperson; (b) Chairperson, who shall be a women with experience of working on issues related to women's rights for more than twelve years, and is committed to the cause of women's empowerment; (c) The Chairperson and members shall be persons of integrity good standing and repute having the knowledge of laws related to women; and fully apprehend social, economic, and legal problems faced by women; (d) Six ex-officio members shall be the Secretaries to the Government of Balochistan, Law Department, Finance Department, Social Welfare Department, Women Development Department, Home and Tribal Affairs Department, and the Department concerned with the subject of women's rights not below BPS-19, and who shall not have the right to vote; (e) One women member who shall be a non-Muslim; (f) The Chief Inspector of Treasuries and Accounts (B-20); and (g) Secretary of the Commission, who shall not have the right to vote. (4) A Chairperson appointed under clause (b) of subsection (2), shall not be less than thirty five years of age, with experience on issues related to women's rights and is committed to the cause of women's empowerment, and be a person of integrity, good standing, and repute having the knowledge of laws related to women; and fully apprehend social economic and legal problems faced by women. (5) The head office of the Commission shall be at Quetta.