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ACT II OF 2019 ACT II OF 2019 BALOCHISTAN SALES TAX ON SERVICES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019. An Act to amend the Balochistan Sales Tax on Services Act, 2015 (Act No. VI of 2015) [Gazette of Balochistan Extraordinary, 15th January, 2019] No. PAB / Legis; V (37) / 2018, dated 15.1.2019.--- The Balochistan Sales Tax on Services (Amendment) Bill No. 37 of 2018 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 24th December, 2018 and assented to by the Acting Governor of Balochistan, on 3rd January 2019 is hereby published as an Act of the Balochistan Provincial Assembly. Preamble.---WHEREAS, it is expedient to amend the Balochistan Sales Tax on Services Act, 2015 for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows: - 57. Insertion of new Section 78A, Act VI of 2015.---In the aforesaid Act, after section 78 as so amended, the following new section shall be inserted, namely: - "78A. Power to Restrain Certain Authorities.---The Authority may, with the approval of the Government and by notification in the official Gazette, require that any authority competent to issue or renew a license or to grant permission to any person to engage in an economic activity which is a taxable service, shall not issue or renew such license or grant permission unless the licensee or the grantee furnishes the evidence that he is a duly registered person under section 25, section 26 or section 27 of the Act."