The Abandoned Properties (Management) Act, 1975

Current legal status not independently verified. Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). The text below is the official Pakistan Code text as retrieved; whether it is still in force, or has since been amended or repealed, has not been independently checked.

WHEREAS the Proclamation of Emergency referred to in Article 280 of the Constitution is still in force; It is hereby enacted as follows:—

• Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement
• Section 2: Definitions
• Section 3: Vesting of abandoned property in Government
• Section 4: Board of Trustees
• Section 5: Appointment of Administrator and Deputy Administrators
• Section 6: Holding of abandoned property and its surrender, etc
• Section 7: Power of Administrator to take possession of abandoned property
• Section 8: Payment to Administrator
• Section 9: Recovery of damages for unauthorised possession
• Section 10: Exemption from legal process
• Section 11: Publication of list of abandoned property
• Section 12: Prohibition of transfers of property generally
• Section 13: Confirmation of transfers by specified persons
• Section 14: Claims by interested persons
• Section 15: Appeal and revision
• Section 16: Powers and duties of the Administrator generally
• Section 17: Evaluation of abandoned property
• Section 18: Expenditure by Administrator how to be recouped
• Section 19: Maintenance of accounts by Administrator
• Section 20: Powers of Board and Administrator when holding an inquiry, etc
• Section 21: Recovery of arrears
• Section 22: Penalty and procedure
• Section 23: Bar of jurisdiction
• Section 24: Indemnity
• Section 25: Delegation of powers
• Section 26: Officers and servants
• Section 27: Act to override other laws
• Section 28: Power to exempt
• Section 29: Power of Federal Government to take action with regard to abandoned property
• Section 30: Power to make rules
• Section 31: 1[Omitted]