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21 issued : Power given to dissolve local bodies Rawalpindi, May 25 (APP): The Chief Marital Law Administrator today authorized the provincial governments to dissolve a local council or a municipal committee if considered necessary in public interest. An order (No. 21) called the local Government Institutions (Dissolutions) order said that upon publication of a notification of dissolution in the official gazette the persons holding office as chairman, vice-chairman or members of a local council or municipal committee would cease to hold office, functions of such institutions would be performed by a person or authority constituted by the provincial Government. Members of a dissolved council would, however, continue to perform functions under the conciliation courts ordinance and Muslims family laws ordinance till the conclusion of proceedings bending before them, the order said. The CMLA directed all local councils and municipal committees to furnish a detailed account of their income and expenditure during the financial year 1970-71 to the Martial Law Administrator of the zone concerned or any other person authorized by him in this behalf by such as may be specified. Following is the text of martial law order No. 24 (Local Government Dissolutions Institutions order) issued here today by the Chief Martial Law Administrator: ORDER No. 21 This order shall come into force on 15th June, 1971. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Basic Democracies Order, 1959 (P.O. No. 18 of 1959) and the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1950 (x of 1960) the provincial Government may, if it considers necessary in the public interest so to do by notification in the official gazette, dissolve a local council constitute under the Basic Democracies Order. 1959 (P.O. No. 18 of 1959), or a municipal committee constituted under the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960 (x of 1960). (2) Upon the publication or a notification under sub-paragraph (1) in relation to any local council or municipal committee, the persons holding office as chairman and members of the local council or, as the case may be, as chairman. Vice-chairman and members of the municipal committee shall cease to hold office and the functions of such local council or municipal

committee shall be performed, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the provincial government, by such person or authority constituted by it for the purpose as the provincial government may appoint in this behalf. (3) Where a local council or municipal committee is dissolved under subparagraph (1) the provincial Government may by notification in the official gazette, direct that, in respect of the areas for which the local council or the municipal committee was constituted; any provision of the Basic Democracies Order, 1959 (P.O. No. 18 of 1959), or, as the case may be the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960 (x of 1960), specified therein shall have effect subject to such modification as may be so specified. (4) Where the chairman of local council dissolved under sub-paragraph (1) is a member of Cantonment Board. The person appointed under sub-paragraph (2) to perform the functions of such local council or, as the case may be, a person nominated by an authority so appointed shall be deemed to be an elected member of that Board. 3: Notwithstanding the dissolution of a local council constituted under the Basic Democracies order, 1959 (P.O. No. 10 of 1959). The members of such a Council shall Continue to perform their functions under true Conciliation Court Ordinance, 1961 (SLIV of 1961) and the Muslim Family laws ordinance 1961 (VII of 1961) till the conclusion of the proceedings pending before them. (4) A local council or a municipal committee referred to in sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph (2) shall furnish a detailed account of its income and expenditure during the financial year 1970-71 to the ML Administrator of the zone concerned or any person authorized by him in this behalf by such date as the Martial Law Administrator or a person so authorized may direct. (5) No order or notification issued or action taken under this MLO shall be called in question by or before any court including the Supreme Court and a High Court." ML order No. 122 clarified The following clarification is made by the MLA zone "B" regarding possession of the fire arms, etc. MLO zone "B" order No. 122 is further clarified as under:

Any person holding a licenced fire-arm may carry the same for his personal safety or protection while travelling from one district to another with the prior written permission of the MLA of the area concerned, says a press notification.