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ACT IV OF 2003 ACT IV OF 2003 BALOCHISTAN PROVINCE REMOVAL FROM SERVICE (SPECIAL POWERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2003 An Act further to amend the Balochistan Province Removal from Service (Special Powers) Ordinance, 2000 [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary 4th March, 2003] No.PAB/Legis.V(4)/2003, dated 4-3-2003.--The Balochistan Province Removal from Service (Special Powers) (Amendment) Bill, 2003 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan on 1st March, 2003 and assented to by the Governor of Balochistan, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly:-- It is hereby enacted as follows:-- 4. Insertion of mew section 3A Ordinance III of 2000.--In the said Ordinance, after section 3, the following new section shall be added, namely:-- "3A. Procedure in case of conviction by a Court of Law.-(1) Where a person in Government service or in corporation service on conviction by a Court of Law is sentenced to imprisonment or fine, the competent authority shall examine the facts and the grounds on which the order convicting such person was passed by a Court of Law. (2) Where on examination the competent authority finds that order of imprisonment of fine is based on-- (a) established charges of corruption or moral turpitude it shall pass order of dismissal from service of the delinquent person in Government service or in corporation service to be effective from the date of his conviction by Court of Law; and (b) charges other than corruption or moral turpitude it may in the light of the facts and circumstances of the case, decide as to whether it is a fit case for taking departmental action under this Ordinance and if it so decides it may, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 3, impose any penalty authorized by this Ordinance as it may deem fit in the circumstances of the case.