Section 319: Cost of return journey of pilgrims on ships other than those for which

319. Cost of return journey of pilgrims on ships other than those for which return ticket is available.— (1) The master, owner or agent of a pilgrim ship shall make all arrangements for ensuring the return ex-Jeddah, within a period of sixty days after the Hajj day, of all pilgrims in possession of return tickets issued in Pakistan who are carried to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by such ship: Provided that, for the purpose of computing the said period of sixty days, no period shall be taken into account during which the ship is prevented from carrying pilgrims on the return passage by reason of the port of Jeddah having been declared by proper authority to be infected, or by reason of war, disturbance, or any other cause not arising from any act or default of the master, owner or agent. (2) Where any such pilgrim who has notified to the prescribed authority in the prescribed manner his desire to embark for the return voyage is, owing to his inability to obtain accommodation within the period of sixty days aforesaid, detained at Jeddah beyond the said period, the master, owner or agent of the ship in which such pilgrim was carried to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall pay to the Federal Government in respect of such pilgrim such sum not exceeding double the sum received by the master, owner or agent in respect of the return ticket as the Federal Government claims as the cost of repatriating the pilgrim, together with a sum of fifty rupees for each day after the expiry of the period aforesaid during which the pilgrim has been detained at Jeddah. (3) A certificate of such detention purporting to be made and signed by the Pakistan consular officer at Jeddah shall be received in evidence in any court in Pakistan without proof of the signature or of the official character of the person who has signed the same.

Effective date: 2001-01-01

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