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ACT XI OF 2019 ACT XI OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN CHARITIES (REGISTRATION, REGULATION AND FACILITATION) ACT, 2019 An Act to provide legal cover, substitute and consolidate the Laws for registration, regulation and facilitation of Charities in Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 25th October, 2019] No. PAB / Legis: V(15) / 2019, dated 25.10.2019.---The Balochistan Charities (Registration, Regulation and Facilitation (Bill No.15 of 2019) having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 12th October, 2019 and assented to by the Governor Balochistan, on 24th October, 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide legal cover, substitute and consolidate the Laws for registration, regulation and facilitation of Charities in Balochistan; and for the matter ancillary thereto or connected therewith; It is hereby enacted as follows:- 19. Opportunity of being heard.---(1) No administrative order or action adversely affecting any person or Charity shall be passed or taken under this Act unless such person or Charity is afforded an opportunity of being heard. (2) After receiving any complaint in writing from any quarter or the Registration Authority itself has information that any of the provisions of this Act has been violated by any person or Charity, shall be served with a notice for explanation and of personal hearing by allowing 15 days to respond to that notice. In case of no response a second notice shall be served. In case that notice also not responded within ten days of its issuance, it shall be presumed that the person or organization has nothing to say in its defense and the decision shall be made ex-parte. (3) In case of ex-parte decision as mentioned in subsection (2), such person or Charity shall have no right to appeal before the Board or in any Court of Law against the decision of the Registration Authority.