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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9. Assets and liabilities, etc. On the commencement of this Ordinance,___ (a) all rights and privileges, assets and liabilities, debts and obligations of the Federal Government relating to field activities of the Population Welfare Programme subsisting immediately before such commencement shall, as from such commencement, be the rights, privileges, assets, liabilities, debts and obligations of the Provincial Government within whose territorial jurisdiction they exist ; (b) any contract made on behalf of the Federation for matters relating to field activities of the Population Welfare Programme before such commencement shall, as from such commencement, if the contract is for purposes which are exclusively purposes of the Provincial Government, be deemed to have been made on behalf of the Province concerned ; (c) all rights and liabilities relating to field activities of the Population Welfare Programme which have accrued or may accrue under any such contract shall, to the extent to which they would have been rights or liabilities of the Federation, be the rights or liabilities of the Province concerned ; and (d) all suits and other legal proceedings relating to field activities of the Population Welfare Programme instituted by or against the Federation before such transfer shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to be suits and proceedings by or against the Province concerned. 1Added and shall be deemed always to have been so added by ordinance 32 of 2001, s. 3. 2Added ibid.

Effective date: 1983-01-01

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