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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN (TAKING OVER) ORDINANCE, 1961 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OF PAKISTAN (TAKING OVER) ORDINANCE, 1961 ORDINANCE No. XX of 1961 [15th June, 1961] An Ordinance to enable the Central Government to take over the Associated Press of Pakistan Limited 4. Management etc., of the Associated Press after the taking over.-(1) After the Associated Press has been taken over, the Central Government shall conduct the business and manage and administer the affairs of that undertaking as a separate institu tion, hereinafter referred to as the "undertaking". (2) The Central Government may appoint a person to take possession of the Associated Press and all its properties, records and documents, and, after taking such possession, to manage and administer, on behalf of the Central Government the affairs of the undertaking and to exercise such powers and perform such duties in relation thereto as the Central Government may, from time to time, require him to exercise and perform, and any such appointment may, at any time, be revoked and a fresh appointment made on such conditions and with such limitations as the Central Government may determine. (3) When taking possession under sub-section (2), it shall be lawful for any police officer to seize any property of the under taking, or its records or documents, found anywhere in Pakistan, and for any Magistrate, by warrant, to authorize any police officer, not below the rank of Sub-Inspector, to enter upon and search for any such property, record or document in any premises where they may be or where they may reasonably expected to be found. (4) In conducting the business and managing and administering the affairs of the undertaking due regard shall be had to:- (a) the free and efficient flow of information, (b) the stability of the organization, (c) supply of unbiased and reliable news to the news papers and news agencies in Pakistan and abroad, and (d) expansion and development of news service.