(2) Except as provided in clause (1) and subject to the provisions of the Constitution (Eighteenth
Amendment) Act, 2010, all laws including President‘s Orders, Acts, Ordinances, Chief Executive‘s
Orders, regulations, enactments, notifications, rules, orders or byelaws made between the twelfth day
of October, one thousand nine hundred and ninetynine and the thirtyfirst day of December, two
thousand and three (both days inclusive) and still in force shall, continue to be in force until altered,
repealed or amended by the competent authority.
Explanation.— For the purposes of clause (2) and clause (6),competent authority means,—
(a) in respect of President's Orders, Ordinances, Chief Executive's Orders and all other
laws, the appropriate Legislature; and
(b) in respect of notification, rules, orders and byelaws, the authority in which the power to
make, alter, repeal or amend the same vests under the law.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution or clause (1), or judgement of any
court including the Supreme Court or High Court,—
(a) Judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts and Federal Shariat Court who were holding
the office of a Judge or were appointed as such, and had taken oath under the Oath of
Office (Judges) Order, 2000 (1 of 2000), shall be deemed to have continued to hold
the office as a Judge or to have been appointed as such, as the case may be, under the
Constitution, and such continuance or appointment, shall have effect accordingly; and
(b) Judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts and Federal Shariat Court who not having
been given or taken oath under the Oath of Office of (Judges) Order, 2000 (1 of 2000), and
ceased to hold the office of a Judge shall, for the purposes of pensionary benefits only, be
deemed to have continued to hold office under the Constitution till their date of
superannuation.
(4) All orders made, proceedings taken, appointments made, including secondments and
deputations, and acts done by any authority, or by any person, which were made, taken or done, or
purported to have been made, taken or done, between the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine
hundred and ninetynine, and the thirty first day of December, two thousand and three (both days
inclusive), in exercise of the powers derived from any authority or laws mentioned in clause (2), or in
execution of or in compliance with any orders made or sentences passed by any authority in the
exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in
clause (1), be deemed to be valid and shall not be called in question in any court or forum on any
ground whatsoever.
(5) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings, including writ petitions, shall lie in any court
or forum against any authority or any person, for or on account of or in respect of any order made,
proceedings taken or act done whether in the exercise or purported exercise of the powers referred to
in clause (2) or clause (4) or in execution of or in compliance with orders made or sentences passed in
exercise or purported exercise of such powers.
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