any matter the publication of which is punishable under 1[section 123A or] section 124A 2[or
section 153A] 3[or section 295A] 4[or section 298A or section 298B or section 298C] of the
Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860), the 5[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the
6[official Gazette], stating the grounds of its opinion, declare every copy of the issue of the
newspaper containing such matter, and every copy of such book or other document to be forfeited
to 7[Government] ,and thereupon any policeofficer may seize the same wherever found in
8[Pakistan] and any Magistrate may by warrant authorize any policeofficer not below the rank of
subinspector to enter upon and search for the same in any premises where any copy of such issue
or any such book or other document may be or may be reasonably suspected to be.
(2) In subsection (1) “document” includes also any painting, drawing or photograph, or other
visible representation.
99B. Application to High Court to set aside order of forfeiture.__9[(1)] Any person having
any interest in any newspaper, book or other document, in respect of which an order of forfeiture
has been made under section 99A, 10[or any other law for the time being in force] may, within two
months from the date of such order, apply to the High Court to set aside such order on the ground
that the issue of the newspaper, or the book or other document, in respect of which the order was
made, did not contain any 11[treasonable or] 12[seditious or other matter of such a nature as is
referred to in subsection (1) of section 99A].
13[(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall apply to a case where the order of forfeiture has been
made__
(a) in respect of a newspaper, book or other document printed outside Pakistan ; or
(b) in respect of a newspaper, book or other document on the conviction, in respect of such
newspaper, book or other document, of the author or editor thereof for any of the
offences referred to in subsection (1) of section 99A.]
1 Ins. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amdt.) Act, 1951 (19 of 1951), s. 2.
2 Ins. by the Code of Criminal Procedure (Third Amdt.) Act, 1926 (36 of 1926), s. 2.
3 Ins. by the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1927 (25 of 1927), s. r.
4 Ins. by the AntiIslamic Activities of the Qudiani Group, Lahori Group and Ahmadis (Prohibition and Punishment) Ordinance, 1984 (20 of 1984), s. 4.
5 Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L.G.”.
6 Subs. ibid., for “local official Gazette”.
7 Subs. by A.O., 1961, Art. 2, for “His Majesty” (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956).
8 Subs. by the Central Laws (Statue Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for “the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation” which had
been subs. by A.O., 1949, Arts. 3 (2) and 4, for “British India”.
9 Section 99B renumbered as subsection (1) of that section by the Law Reforms Ordinance, 1972 (12 of 1972), s.2 and Sch.
10 Ins. ibid.
11 Ins. by Act 19 of 1951, s. 3.
12 Subs. by Act 36 of 1926, s. 3, for “seditious matter”.
13 Subssection (2) added by Ord. 12 of 1972, s. 2 and Sch.
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