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The Private Security Companies Ordinance, 2001
ORDINANCE No. VI OF 2001
[7th February, 2001]
An ordinance to provide for regulation of private
security companies in the Islamabad Capital Territory
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for
regulation, licensing and control of private security companies in the
AND WHERAS the National Assembly and
the Senate stand suspended in pursuance of the Proclamation of Emergency of the
fourteenth day of October, 1999 and Provisional Constitution Order No.1 of
1999;
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 Emergency of the fourteenth day of October, 1999, read with the
Provisional Constitution (Amendment) 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:---
1. Short title, extent and
commencement.__
(1) This Ordinance may be called the Private Security Companies Ordinance,
2001.
(2) It extends to the whole of the
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definition.__
(1) In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
context,---
(a) “company”
means a company incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984);
(b) “Compentent
Authority” means the Chief Commissioner Islamabad Capital Administration;
(c) “licence”
means a licence granted under this Ordinance for carrying on the business of a
private security company by providing for consideration, security guards or
security arrangements for the protection of persons or property or to prevent
the that or unlawful taking of property;
(d) “licensee”
means the holder of a licence;
(e) “Licensing
Officer” means the licensing officer appointed by the Chief Commissioner,
Islamabad Capital Administration, and shall include an Assistant Licensing
Officer;
(f) “private
security company” means any company, registered under the Companies Ordinance,
1984 (XLVII of 1984) carrying on, maintaining or engaged in the
business of providing for consideration security guards or making other
arrangements for the security of other persons and their property functioning
under a valid licence issued by the competent authority;
(g) “prescribed”
means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; and
(h) “security
guard” includes any watchman of other person engaged by the licensee for the
protection of persons or property or to prevent the left or robbery at the
protected places.
3. Ordinance not to apply to Civil
and Armed Forces, etc.__(1)
The provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to,---
(a)
any member of Armed Forces, police or
any civil armed force; and
(b)
any inspector, guard, watchman, or
other persons employed by an individual employer for inspection, protection,
guarding of his residence or commercial or business premises or for the
protection of persons or property of such employer who is not engaged in the
business of private security company.
4. Private security companies’
employees not to wear certain uniform. The
persons employed by the private security company shall not wear uniform akin to
uniform of armed force, police or any civil armed force and shall wear the
uniform as may by prescribed.
5. Prohibition of maintenance of a
company without a licence. No person
shall carry on the business of a private security company or maintain or
provide security guards or security arrangements for consideration unless holds
a licence for the purpose issued under this Ordinance.
6. Procedure for grant and renewal
of licence, etc.__(1) Whoever desires to engage in the business of
maintaining a private security company shall, after he has ot such company
registered under the Companies Ordinance 1984 (XLVII of 1984), make an application for grant of a licence
to the Licensing Officer and shall, with his application, furnish such
information, attach documents and pay such fee in the form and manner as may be
prescribed.
(2) On receipt of an application under
sub-section (1), the Licensing Officer may after such verification and enquiry
as he may deem necessary and subject to such condition including furnishing of
security as may be prescribed, grant or refuse to grant the licence.
(3) A licence issued under sub-section
(2) shall be,---
(i) valid
for such period as may be prescribed; and
(ii) renewable
on an application made in the form and on payment of such fee as may be
prescribed.
(4) A licence shall not granted if,---
(a) satisfactory
evidence has not been produced of the good moral character of the officer of
the company holding managerial or executive position or any of its officers
holding a managerial or an executive position has been convicted of an offence
involving fraud or moral turpitude;
(b)
it is not in the public interest to
do so;
(c)
security-clearance is not provided as
may be prescribed; or
(d)
the private security company is not
registered under the companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984):---
Provided that the reasons for refusal
to grant a licence shall be recorded in writing and shall be communicated to
the applicant.
(5) The Licensing Officer may, at any
time, under the direction of the Federal Government, vary or revoke any of the
conditions of a licence or impose any additional conditions thereto.
(6) The Licensing Officer shall, before
taking any action under sub-section (5), notify to the licensee his intention
of the proposed action and provide him an opportunity to show cause against
such action.
7. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any order made by the
Licensing Officer under section 6 may, within thirty day, appeal against such
order to the Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan, whose
decision shall be final
8. Exhibition of licence. Every licensee shall exhibit his licence or a
certified copy thereof in a conspicuous place at his principal place of
business and at every branch where the licensee carries on the business of
private security company.
9. Penalties. Any person who,---
(a) carries
on the business of private security company without a licence;
(b) fails to
comply with the conditions of the licence;
(c) fails to
exhibit the licence or certified copy thereof at a conspicuous place in the
office or place of business of the private security company;
(d) not
being the holder of a licence keeps, uses or exhibits any sign, writing, painting
or other mark implying that he holds a licence to carry on the business of a
private security company;
(e) being a
licensee, or an applicant for grant of licence, knowingly makes a false or
incorrect statement or omits to furnish any particular which he is required to
furnish; and
(f) being a
licensee, violates the relevant provisions of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984).
Shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to two hundred thousand
rupees, or with both, and in case of default in payment of fine, the offender
shall be liable to imprisonment which may extend to one year.
10. Revocation of licence.__
(1) The Licensing Officer may, by an
order in writing, revoke a licence,---
(a) if he
satisfied that the licensee,---
(i) has ceased
to carry on the business for which he has obtained the licence or has applied
for liquidation, winding up of the company or the company has been dissolved;
(ii) has
obtained the licence by providing false information in contravention of the
provision of this Ordinance;
(iii) has
been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude or, any of the officer
of the licensee holding a managerial or executive position, partner, employee
or security guard has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or moral
turpitude;
(iv) is
contravening, or has contravened, any of the provisions of this Ordinance or
the rules made thereunder; or
(b) if is
found that the security guards employed by him do not posses the prescribed
qualification or training;
(c) if the
company fails to provide services to tis clients as per agreement signed by it
or as per the prescribed procedure ; and
(d) if it is
considered necessary to do so inn the public interest.
(2) The Licensing Officer shall, before
revoking any licence under sub-section (1), give the licensee a notice to show
cause in writing specifying a date, not less than thirty days from the date of
the notice, on which the revocation shall take effect unless the licensee
satisfies the Licensing Officer that the licence was not liable to be revoked.
(3) When the Licensing Officer revokes
a licence under sub-section (1), he shall forthwith inform the licensee by
notice in writing of such revocation specifying date thereof and the Registrar
of Companies concerned.
(4) The person whose licence has been
revoked may, within thirty days of the receipt of the notice referred to in
sub-section (3), prefer appeal in writing against the revocation to the
Secretary Ministry of Interior whose decision thereon shall be final.
11. Effect of revocation of licence,
etc. Where an order of revocation
becomes effective under section 10, the licence shall cease to carry on the
business of a private security company.
(2) Notwithstanding the revocation of
licence, the enforcement of right or claim of any against the licensee or by
the licensee of any right or claim against person arising out or, or
concerning, any matter or thing done prior to the revocation of the licence
shall not be affected.
12. Employment of staff by the
licensee.__
The licensee may, in the conduct of his business, employee as many persons as
he may consider necessary to be security guards and members of staff and shall
at all times during such employment be responsible for the good conduct of each
and every person employed by him.
(2) The licensee shall not employ as a
security guard any person who,---
(a) has been
convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude or dismissed from Government
service on charges of misconduct; and
(b) is, in
the opinion of the Licensing Officer not a fit and proper person to be employed
as security guard.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained
in sub-section (1), no person shall be employed by a licence as a security
guard until he has submitted to the Licensing Officer a statement containing
complete particular and other information of such person in the prescribed form
and the Licensing Officer has conveyed his no objection in writing to the
recruitment of such security guard by the licensee.
(4) Every licensee shall maintain a
list of all the persons employed by him with their full particular and
antecedents at the place of his business.
13. Possession or arms and
ammunition by the licensee.__(1) A licensee may possess and keep arms, ammunition
and other equipments which may be necessary for performance of the function of
the private security company in accordance with the law and rules applicable
for possessing and keeping of arms and ammunition and shall use and retain such
arms and ammunition and equipments in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) A licence to
retain any arms, ammunition and other equipments may be issued by the Islamabad
Capital Administration on the recommendation of the Licensing Officer
14. Identification papers. (1) Every security guard shall at all times carry
proper identification papers issued by the licensee in such form and containing
such particulars as may be prescribed and produce such papers for inspection
when so required by the Licensing Officer or any police officer duly authorized
in this behalf and ceased to be such security guard with the licensee.
(2) Any person, other than security
guard, or who has ceased to be a security guard, carrying identification papers
of a security guard shall, in addition to any other punishment to which he may
be liable under any other law for impersonation, be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month and fine which may extend
to thirty thousand rupees.
15. Power to inspect and search.(1) Where the Licensing Officer is satisfied, upon
receipt of any information or after such enquiry as he may think necessary, that
there is sufficient reason to believe that any premises is used for carrying on
business of a private security company by a person who is not the holder of a
licence, he may, be warrant or writing under his hand, authorize any person
named therein, or any police officer not below the rank of an Inspector, with
such assistance and by such force as is necessary to enter for searching the
premises and all persons found therein, to seize all documents and things
reasonably supposed to have been used or intended to be used in connection with
the business of a private security company which are found in such premises or
on such persons.
(2) The powers of inspection and search
of Licensing Officer specified in sub-section (1) and sub-section (1) of
section 14 may also be exercised by the District Magistrate or the
Superintendent of Police, Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad, either by
himself in person or through a Police Officer authorized by him, in writing:---
Provided that no female shall be
searched except by a female Police Officer.
(3) The District Magistrate or
Superintendent of Police
(4) For the purpose of any enquiry, the
Licensing Officer or any person authorized by him not below an officer of
BPS-16 may, for furtherance or such enquiry,---
(a) enter,
inspect and examine by day or by night the place of business of every licensee;
and
(b) require
the production of records, account and documents kept b a licensee and to
inspect, examine and obtain copies thereof.
(a) refuses the Licensing Officer or any person authorized
by him to enter or search any place;
(b) assaults,
obstructs, hinders or delay him, or the person authorized by him, entry in
execution of his duty under this Ordinance; or
(c) fails to
comply any lawful demand of the Licensing Officer or the authorized person in
execution of his duty under this Ordinance; or
(d) refuses
or neglects to give any information which may reasonable be required of him and
which has in his power to give,
Shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or fine
which may extend two hundred thousand rupees, or with both.
16. Liability of directors officers,
etc. Where an offence under this
Ordinance has been committed by the Company or any person who at the time of
the commission of the offence was a director, secretary, manager, partner or an
officer of the company or who was purporting to act in any such capacity,
shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or
knowledge and that on learning he exercised due diligence to prevent the
commission of the offence, be deemed to have abetted such offence.
17. Cognizance of offences. Notwithstanding anything in the Code of Criminal
Procedure, 1898(Act V of 1898),---
(a) an
offence punishable under this Ordinance shall be triable by a Magistrate of the
first class; and
(b) it shall
be lawful for any Magistrate of the first class to pass any sentence authorised
by this Ordinance.
18. Power to make rules. (1) The Competent Authority may, with the approval of
the Federal Government, by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for
carrying out the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) In particular and without prejudice
to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any
of the following, namely:---
(a) the
information and documents to be furnished by an applicant for a licence;
(b) the
taking and recording or photographs and fingerprints of the persons applying
for licence and of every person employed by a licensee;
(c) the form
of a licence and the identification papers to be issued to the security guards.
(d) the uniform, badge or emblem to be worm by the
employees of licensee;
(e) relating
the use of any arms, ammunition and equipment by a licensee; and his employees;
(f) regulating
the activities of a licensee and the manner in which the business of a licensee
shall be conducted;
(g) training
for security guards; and
(h) matters
incidental to the above.
19. Ordinance not to derogate from
other laws. The provisions of this
Ordinance shall be in addition to, and not derogation of, any other law for the
time being in force.
20. Licensees or their employees not
exercise powers exercisable by a certain Government functionaries. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as
conferring on a licensee or his employees any of the powers which by any law
are conferred on or exercisable by a police officer or officers of customs,
immigration, prisons, or any other public officer.
21. Private security company not to
be private military organization. The
private security company shall not be construed as private military organization
for the purposes of Private Military Organization (Abolition and Prohibition)
Act, 1974 (IV of 1974).
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