PREAMBLE

ORDINANCE XX OF 1999 ANTI-TERRORISM (THIRD AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 1999 ORDINANCE XX OF 1999 An Ordinance to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1999 [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 2nd December, 1999] No.F.2(I)/99-Pub., dated 2-12-1999.---The following Ordinance made by the President is hereby published for general information:-- Whereas it is expedient to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997 (XXVII of 1997), for the purposes hereinafter appearing; And whereas the National Assembly and the Senate stand suspended in pursuance of the Proclamation of the Fourteenth day of October, 1999, and the Provisional Constitution Order No. 1, as amended; And whereas the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which renders it necessary to take immediate action; Now, therefore, in pursuance of Proclamation of the fourteenth day of October, 1999, and Provisional Constitutional Order as well as Order No.9 of 1999, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:--