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ANTI-TERRORISM (SECOND AMENDMENT) ANTI-TERRORISM (SECOND AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2002. ORDINANCE CXXXIV OF 2002 An further Ordinance further to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 23rd November, 2002] F. No. 2(1)/2002-Pub.,dated. 23-11-2002 ---The following Ordinance promulgated by the President on 15th November, 2002 is hereby published for general information:-- 3. Substitute of section 14, Act XXVII of 1997.-----In the said Act, for section 14 following shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have always been so substituted. namely:-- "14. Composition and appointment of presiding officers of Anti Terrorism Courts.---(1) An Anti-Terrorism Court shall consist of a Judge being a person who-- (i) is a Judge of a High Court, or is or has been a Sessions Judge or an Additional Sessions Judge, or (ii) is a Judicial Magistrate First Class vested with powers under section 30 of the Code; or (iii) has for a period of not less than ten years been an Advocate of a High Court. (2) The Federal Government or the Provincial Government, if directed by the Federal Government to establish a Court under this Act, shall, after-consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, appoint a Judge of each Court. (3) A Judge shall hold office for a period of two and a-half years but may be appointed for such further term or part of term as the Government appointing the Judge may determine. (4) A Judge may be removed from his office prior to the completion of the period, for which he has been appointed after consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court: (5) In case a Judge is on leave, or for any other reason temporarily unable to perform his duties, the Government making appointment of such Judge may, after consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court, authorize the Sessions Judge, having jurisdiction at the principal seat of the Anti-Terrorism Court, to conduct proceedings of urgent nature. so long as such Judge is unable to perform his duties. (6) The Anti-Terrorism Courts existing immediately before the commencement of the Anti-Terrorism (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2002, and the Judges appointed to such Courts, shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, as amended, continue to function and try offences under this Act. .