(3) The purpose and object of the Fund shall be to meet the expenditure incurred in connection
with the control and eradication of trafficking in, and abuse of, narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances, controlled substances, or treatment an rehabilitation of drug addicts and for all or any
related purposes, as may be specified by the Federal Government.
(4) The management, overall control and supervision of the affairs of the Fund shall vest in a
Governing Body consisting of a Chairman and such other members as may be appointed by the
Federal Government by a notification in the official Gazette, on such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed.
(5) The Governing Body shall have the powers to regulate its own procedures and co‑opt
members as it may deem appropriate.
55. Annual Report of the activities financed out of the Fund. The Governing Body shall, after
the end of each financial year, submit to the Federal Government a report giving an account of its
activities and the activities financed out of the Fund during the financial year, together with a
statement of accounts.
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CHAPTER VIII
INTERNATIONAL CO‑OPERATION.
56. Authority to make and act on mutual legal assistance requests.__(1) This Chapter is
subject to any treaty, arrangement or understanding with foreign States to which Pakistan may from
time to time be party, and nothing in the Chapter shall be taken to limit the nature or extent of
assistance which Pakistan may otherwise lawfully give to, or receive from, foreign States.
(2) The Federal Government may__
(a) make request on behalf of Pakistan to the appropriate authority of a foreign State for
mutual legal assistance in any investigation commenced, or proceeding instituted, in
Pakistan relating to an offence committed, or suspected on reasonable grounds to have
been committed, under Chapter II of this Act;
(b) grant or postpone in whole or in part similar requests from foreign States on such terms
and conditions as it thinks fit; and
(c) refuse (in whole or in part) such requests from foreign States on the ground that to grant
the request would be likely to prejudice the sovereignty, security, public order or other
essential public interest of Pakistan.
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