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The Cotton Ginning Control and Development
(Repeal) Ordinance, 1977
ORDINANCE No. XXXI OF 1977
[12th September, 1977]
An Ordinance to repeal the Cotton Ginning
Control and Development Act, 1976 (LIX of 1976)
WHEREAS, it is expedient to
repeal the Cotton Ginning Control and Development Act, 1976 (lIX of 1976), and
to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;
AND WHEREAS the President
is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take
immediate action;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
pursuance of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977 (CMLA Order No. 1
of 1977), read with the Laws (Continuance in Force), Order, 1977 and in
exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to
make and promulgate the following Ordinance:---
1. Short title, extent
and commencement.—(1)
This Ordinance may be called the Cotton Ginning Control and Development
(Repeal) Ordinance, 1977.
(2) It extends to the whole
of
(3) It shall come into
force at once.
2. Definitions. In this Ordinance, unless there is
anything repugnant in
the subject or context,---
(a) ”Present Value” means the Net Worth Value out of which shall
be deducted the value of any Fixed Tangible Assets and Current Assets as shown
in the Balance Sheet which are not handed over and to which shall be added (i)
the value of the Fixed Tangible Assets and Current Assets which do not appear
in the Balance Sheet but the possession of which is handed over at cost and
(ii) the decrease in the outstanding liabilities as shown in the Balance Sheet,
out of which shall be deducted the value of any new liabilities handed over;
(b) ”repealed Act” means the Cotton Ginning
Control and Development Act, 1976 (LIX of 1976.); and
(c) other words and expressions shall have the
same meaning as in the repealed Act.
3. Return of establishments.—(1) Within one month of the commencement
of this Ordinance, or such longer period not exceeding twelve months as the
Federal Government may by notification in the official Gazette specify in this
behalf, the Corporation shall deliver possession of an establishment the
ownership and management of which has been acquired under section 5 of the
repealed Act to the previous management thereof:---
Provided that, in any case
in which any amount is recoverable by the Corporation from the previous owner
of the establishment under sub-section (3) or sub-section (4) of section 6, the
Corporation may not so deliver possession of the establishment until such
amount has been recovered.
(2) On the delivery of the
possession of an establishment, in pursuance of sub-section (1),---
(a) the Corporation shall stand divested of the ownership and
management of the establishment; and
(b) the ownership and management of the
establishment, along with its assets and liabilities as on the day on which its
possession is delivered, shall stand transferred to the persons in whom these
vested immediately before the making of an order under section 5 of repealed
Act in respect of the establishment.
(3) No claim, suit,
prosecution or other legal proceedings arising out of the acquisition or return
of an establishment shall lie against the Federal Government or the Corporation
or any officer or employee of the Federal Government or the Corporation.
(4) Where the Federal
Government is satisfied that the previous management of an establishment has
refused or wilfully failed to receive possession of the establishment, it may
pass such order in respect of the establishment as it may deem fit.
(5) In the case of an
establishment, for the purpose of computing the period of limitation
prescribed in the Limitation Act, 1908 (IX of 1908) for the institution of a
suit for the recovery of money, the period commencing on the day on which an
order under section 5 of the repealed Act was made in respect of the
establishment and ending on the day on which possession thereof is delivered to
its previous management shall be excluded.
(6) In the case of any
dispute between the previous management of an establishment and the Corporation
regarding the assets or liabilities of the establishment, the matter shall be
referred to the Federal Government whose decision shall be final.
4. Continuance in
service of the employees. Every
whole-time employee of an establishment on the date of making of an order under
section 5 of the repealed Act in respect of the establishment, and every
whole-time employee who has worked continuously in an establishment since
before the first day of July, 1977, shall continue in his office on the same
terms and conditions as are applicable to his appointment:---
Provided that this section
shall not apply to employees who had resigned or been removed by the
Corporation from its service.
5. Prohibition of the
operation of an establishment. The Federal Government may, if it considers it necessary in
the public interest to do so, by notification in the official Gazette, prohibit
the cotton ginning and pressing operations of an establishment which has been returned
to the previous management thereof under section 3:---
Provided that such
prohibition shall not extend beyond the thirty-first day of August, 1978.
6. Compensation.—(1) The Corporation shall pay
compensation in respect of an establishment at the rate of eleven per cent per
annum of the amount determined as payable in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2
of the Schedule to the repealed Act for the period the ownership and management
of the establishment remained with the Corporation.
(2) In a case in which the
Net Worth Value is higher than the Present Value, the Corporation shall pay the
difference between the Net Worth Value and the Present Value of the assets and
liabilities transferred to the previous owners, both such difference and the
Present Value to be determined by the Corporation.
(3) Where the Present Value
is higher than the Net Worth Value, the Corporation may recover from the
previous owners, in accordance with the provisions of section 7 or in any other
manner it may deem fit, the amount representing the difference between the Net
Worth Value and the Present Value.
(4) Where a previous owner
has received payment of compensation assessed in accordance with paragraphs 1
and 2 of the Schedule to the repealed Act, such compensation shall be recovered
from him in the same manner as is provided in sub-section (3):---
Provided that any interest
which has accrued on any compensation bonds given to such previous owner shall
not be withheld or, as the case may be, recovered and shall be deemed to be the
compensation payable under sub-section (1).
7. Debtor. —(1) The Corporation may, by notice
in writing, call upon a debtor to pay to the Corporation the amount of money
due from him to the Corporation within a period of thirty days commencing from
the date of receipt of such notice by the debtor.
(2) Where the debtor fails
to pay the amount due from him within the period specified in the notice under
sub-section (1), the Corporation shall have the same power of effecting
recovery as the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan has under sections 39,
40 and 41 of the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan Ordinance, 1961 (XXXI
of 1961).
8. General effect of
return of establishment. —(1) Where the management of an establishment has been transferred
to the previous management under section 3, all contracts, agreements and other
instruments of whatever nature subsisting or having effect immediately before
the date of transfer, to which such establishment was a party or which were in
respect of such establishment, shall be of as full force and effect against or
in favour of the previous management, and may be enforced or acted upon as
fully and effectively as if, instead of the Corporation, the previous
management had been a party thereto, or as if they had been entered into, or
issued in respect of, the previous management.
(2) If, on the date of
transfer of an establishment to the previous management, any suit, appeal or
legal proceeding of whatever nature is pending by or against the Corporation in
respect of such establishment, it shall not abate or be in any way
prejudicially affected by reason of such transfer or anything done under this
Ordinance or the repealed Act, but the suit, appeal or other proceeding may be
continued, prosecuted and enforced by or against the previous management.
9. Ordinance to override
other laws. The
provisions of this Ordinance shall have effect notwithstanding anything
contained in any other law for the time being in force or any agreement,
contract, memorandum or articles of association of a company.
10. Bar of jurisdiction.—(1) No Court shall call into question or
permit to be called in question any provision of this Ordinance or of any rule
or order made, or anything done or any action taken thereunder.
11. Penalties. Whoever,---
(a) obstructs or resists or hinders any person in the discharge
of his duties under this Ordinance; or
(b) contravenes any notification under section 5; shall be
punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
years, or with fine, or with both:
Provided that no Court shall take
cognizance of an offence under this Ordinance unless a complaint in this behalf
is made by the Federal Government or the Corporation or a person authorised by
the Federal Government or the Corporation for the purpose.
12. Power to make rules. The Federal Government may make
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
13. Removal of
difficulties. If any
difficulty arises in giving effect to any provision of this Ordinance, the
Federal Government may make such order, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, as may appear to it to be necessary for the purpose of removing
the difficulty.
14. Repeal. The Cotton
Ginning Control and Development Act, 1976 (LIX of 1976) is hereby repealed.
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