An Ordinance to amend the National Fund for Cultural
Heritage Act, 1994
[Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 17th August, 1996]
No.F.2(1)/96-Pub., dated 17-8-1996.--The following
Ordinance made by the
President is hereby published for general information:--
Whereas it is expedient to amend the National Fund for Cultural Heritage Act,
1994
(VIII of 1994), for the purpose hereinafter appearing;
And whereas the National Assembly is not in session and the President is satisfied
that
circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Article
89 of the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President is pleased
to make and
promulgate the following Ordinance;---
1. Short title and commencement.--(1) This Ordinance may be called the
National Fund for Cultural Heritage (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1996.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 6, Act VIII of 1994.--In the
National Fund for Cultural
Heritage Act, 1994 (VIII of 1994), in section 6,--
(a) in subsection (1), for clause (vi) the following shall be substituted,
namely:--
"(vi) fifteen eminent persons in the field of National Heritage, including
two Senators and
four members of the National Assembly, to be nominated by the Federal Government
……… Members."
(b) after subsection (1), amended as aforesaid, the following new subsection
shall be
added, namely:--
"(IA) The Patron may, from amongst the members of the Board, appoint
a person as
Vice-Chairman of the Board who shall perform the functions of the Chairman
in his
absence.".
3. Repeal.--The National Fund for Cultural Heritage (Second Amendment) Ordinance,
1996 (XLV of 1996), is hereby repealed.