MFLO 1961 § 2 — Definitions

Statutory text (English)

(1) In this Ordinance unless there is any thing repugnant in the subject or
context:—
(a) "Arbitration Council" means a body consisting of the Chairman 3* * * and representative
of each of the parties to a matter deal with in this Ordinance 4[:]
5[
Provided that where any party fails to nominate a representative within the prescribed time, the
body formed without such representative shall be the Arbitration Council;]
6[(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Union Council or a person appointed by the
7[Federal Government in the Cantonment areas, or by the Provincial Government in other
areas,] or by an officer authorized in that behalf by any such Government, to discharge
the functions of Chairman under this Ordinance:

Provided that where the Chairman of the Union Council is a non-Muslim, or he himself wishes to
make an application to the Arbitration Council, or is owing to illness or any other reason, unable to
discharge the functions of Chairman, the Council shall elect one of its Muslim members as Chairman
for the purposes of this Ordinance;]
(c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under section 11;
(d) “Union Council” means the Union Council or the Town or Union Committee constituted
under the Basic Democracies Order, 1959 (P.O No. 18 of 1959), and 1[having in the
matter jurisdiction as prescribed];
(e) “Ward” mean a ward within a Union or Town as defined in the aforesaid Order.

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Source citation: Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (Ord. VIII of 1961) s.2: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE MUSLIM FAMILY LAWS ORDINANCE, 1961' (Ord. No. VIII of 1961), p. 2, 3, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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