Section 17: Penalty for disobeying reservation order. Any manager of a hotel or owner of a lodging — Karachi Hotels and Lodging-houses (Control) Act, 1950

Partly in force — federal text; provincial/ICT scope varies (see notes) — Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). Whether this provision is still in force has not been independently verified.

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17. Penalty for disobeying reservation order. Any manager of a hotel or owner of a lodging- house who fails when required by notice under sub-section (3) of section 9, to make reserved accommodation available to the Controller in compliance with the said sub-section, shall, unless he proves that the failure was due to circumstances beyond his control, be punishable with fine.

Effective date: 1950-01-01

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Section 16: Penalty for failing to display fair rates and accommodation, etc. Any manager of a hotel Section 18: Penalty for charging in excess of fair rates and exceeding limit of accommodation. Any Section 15: Penalty for failure to register hotel or lodging-house. Any owner of a hotel or a lodging Section 19: Constructive liability of owners of hotels, etc Section 14: Appeals Section 20: Cognizance of offences

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