without the necessity of recalling any witnesses; and
(f) the Court of Sessions, as the case may be, any other court to which a case has been
transferred from the Antiterrorism Court or a Special Court under clause (d) shall try it in
accordance with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, and the law
applicable to such case.]
40. Amendment of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1908 (XIV of 1908). In the Criminal
Law Amendment Act, 1908, the following amendments shall be made, namely:
I. In section 15, in clause (2) in subclause (a) for the words “violence or intimidation” the
words “terrorism, stirring up sectarianism, violence or intimidation which endanger or
threaten public order” shall be substituted.
II. For section 16, the following shall be substituted, namely:
“16 Declaration of an association to be unlawful. — (1) If either the Federal
Government; or the Provincial Government is of the opinion that an association is an
unlawful association it may call upon the association to show cause within fourteen days
why it should not be declared as unlawful association for the purpose of this Act.
(2) If after hearing the association, the Federal Government or the Provincial Government is of
the opinion that the association is an unlawful association it may declare such association to be an
unlawful association.
(3) If the Federal Government or the Provincial Government is of the opinion that in the interest
of the maintenance of public order or to prevent injury to the people it is just and necessary to take
immediate action it may, pending passing of order under subsection (2), by an ad interim order,
declare an association to be unlawful.
(4) An association aggrieved by an order under subsection (2) may file an appeal before a Board
appointed by the Chief Justice of the High Court of the Province consisting of a chairman and two
other persons each of whom is or has a judge of a High Court.
(5) The Board shall decide the appeal within thirty days and may pass such order as it may deem
fit.”
III. In Section 17, —
(i) in subsection (1) for the words “six months” the words “five years” shall be substituted;
and
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