Section 2A: Establishment of the Authority

2A. Establishment of the Authority.__ (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 ( of 2025), the Federal Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, establish an Authority to be known as the Social Media Protection and Regulatory Authority for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its own name with powers subject to and for the purposes of this Act to hold and dispose of property and to enter into contract. (3) The principal office of the Authority shall be at Islamabad and it may set up other offices in the provincial capitals and at such other places across Pakistan as the Authority may deem appropriate.

Effective date: 2016-08-18

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