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ORDINANCE IV OF 1999 ORDINANCE IV OF 1999 ANTI-TERRORISM (AMENDMENT), ORDINANCE, 1999 An Ordinance to amend the Anti-Terrorism, Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 27th April, 1999] No.F.2(1)/99-Pub., dated 27-4-1999.--The following Ordinance made b~ the President is hereby published for general information: 7. Insertion of sections 7-A and 7-B, Act XXVII of 1997.--In the said Act, after section 7 the following new sections shall be inserted, namely:-- "7-A. Creation of civil commotion.--"Civil commotion" means creation of internal disturbance in violation of law or intended to violate law, commencement or continuation of illegal strikes. go-slows, lock-outs, vehicle snatching or lifting, damage to or destruction of State or private property. random firing to create panic, charging bhatha, acts of criminal trespass (illegal qabza), distributing, publishing or pasting of a handbill or making graffiti or wall-chalking intended to create unrest or fear or create a threat to the security of law and order or to incite the commission of an offence punishable under chapter VI of the Pakistan Penal Code (Act XLV of 1860). 7B. Punishment for creating civil commotion --Whoever commits an act of civil commotion shall he punished with rigorous imprisonment for a term which mad extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both.