Punjab Industries (Control on Establishment and Enlargement) Ordinance, 1963

From: 1963-01-25 - To: 0000-00-00 An Ordinance to provide for the organized and planned growth of industries in [2][the Punjab] Preamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the organized and planned growth of industries in [3][the Punjab] in the manner hereinafter appearing; AND, WHEREAS the Provincial Assembly of West Pakistan is not in session, and the Governor of West Pakistan is satisfied that circumstances exist which render immediate legislation necessary; Now, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by clause (1) of Article 79 of the Constitution, the Governor of West Pakistan is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:-- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Ordinance may be called the [4][Punjab] Industries (Control on Establishment and Enlargement) Ordinance, 1963. (2) It extends to the province of [5][the Punjab] except the Tribal Areas. (3) This section and section 2 shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of the Ordinance shall come into force in such local area and on such dates as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette specify. 2. Definitions.– In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say– (a) “Director” means the Director of Industries, [6][Punjab], and includes any officer appointed by Government to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the functions and duties of the Director under this Ordinance; (b) “Government” means the [7][Provincial Government of the Punjab]; (c) “industrial undertaking” means an undertaking pertaining to an industry (including any industry ancillary thereto) carried on or to be carried on, in any local area, at a place or premises, including precincts thereof, wherein twenty or more workers without the aid of power, or ten or more workers with the aid of power, were working on any day during the twelve months preceding the date of coming into operation of sections 3 to 12 in the local area concerned or are working and shall work for the manufacture or processing of goods or commodities; (d) “local…