The Privy Purses (Charged Expenditure) Act, 1968 (Act No. IX of 1968)

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The Privy Purses (Charged Expenditure) Act, 1968

¹ACT No. IX of 1968

[7th June, 1968]

An Act to declare the expenditure relating to privy purses of Rulers of certain former States to be a charge on the Central Consolidated Fund.

WHEREAS it is expedient to declare the expenditure relating to privy purses of Rulers of certain former States to be a charge on the Central Consolidated Fund;

It is hereby enacted as follows:---

1. Short title. This Act may be called the Privy Purses (Charged Expenditure) Act, 1968.

2. Expenditure on privy purse to be charged expenditure.Where, under any agreement for the time being in force between the ²[Federal Government] and the Ruler of a former State which at any time was in accession with Pakistan or his successor, any sum is payable as privy purse by the ²[Federal Government], such sum shall be charged on the ³[Federal Consolidated Fund] and be paid out of that Fund and shall be deemed always to have been so charged and paid.

¹For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gaz. of P., 1968, Ext. (Rawalpindi), p.247.

²Subs. by F.A.O., 1975, Art. 2 and Table, for “Central Government”.

³Subs. ibid., for “Central Consolidated Fund”.