Legal Definitions Glossary

an offence shown as bailable in the Second Schedule or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force; and "non-bailable offence means any other offence.

a bank and any person acting as a banker

a banking company as defined in clause (c) of section 5 of the Banking Companies Ordinance, 1962 (LVII of 1962)

means a banking company as defined in the Banking (Companies) Ordinance, 1961 (LVII of 1962) and includes any body corporate which transacts the business of banking in Pakistan

(i) in respect of a case in which the claim does not exceed hundred million rupees or for the trial of offences under this Ordinance, the Court established under section 5 and (ii) in respect of any other case, the High Court.

means any property which is the subject matter of a benami transaction and also includes the proceeds from such property

means (A) a transaction or arrangement (a) where a property is transferred to or held by a person and the consideration for such property has been provided or paid by another person; and (b) the property is held for the immediate or future benefit, direct or indirect of the person who has provided the consideration, except when the property is held by (i) a person standing in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of another person... or (ii) any person being an individual in the name of his spouse or in the name of any child or in the name of his brother and sister lineal ascendant or descendant... and the consideration for such property has been provided or paid out of known resources of income of the individual; or (B) a transaction or arrangement in respect of a property carried out or made in a fictitious name; or (C) a transaction or arrangement in respect of a property where the owner of the property is not aware of, or denies knowledge of, such ownership; or (D) a transaction or arrangement in respect of a property where the person providing the consideration is not traceable or is fictitious

means a person or a fictitious person, as the case may be, in whose name the benami property is transferred or held and includes a person who lends his name

“Benamidar” means a person who ostensibly holds any property of an accused on his behalf for the benefit and enjoyment of the accused. Explanation.-A property shall only be held as a Benami property when the accused has paid the consideration of the property, and holds title documents and possession of the property with the intention and object of executing a Benami transaction.

means a bench of the adjudicating authority or the appellate tribunal, as the case may be

a natural person who ultimately owns or controls a waqf, whether directly or indirectly or exercises effective control of that waqf through other means as prescribed

means a person, whether his identity is known or not, for whose benefit the benami property is held by a benamidar

ownership of securities beneficially owned, held or controlled by any officer or substantial shareholder directly or indirectly, either by- (a) him or her; (b) the wife or husband of an officer of a company, not being herself or himself an officer of the company

the natural person who benefits the confidence of the trust

any person who gets benefits from the waqf property or whose name is listed in the waqf document as benefiting from the waqf property

“beneficiary” means a domestic worker or heirs of a deceased domestic worker eligible to receive benefits;

means the natural person who benefits the confidence of the trust

a bill of exchange as defined by the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), and includes also hundi, and any other document entitling or purporting to entitle any person, whether named therein or not, to payment by any other person of, or to draw upon any other person for, any sum of money

as in section 5 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (XXVI of 1881), and includes a hundi and a cheque,

- (a) an order for the payment of any sum of money by a bill of exchange or promissory note, or for the delivery of any bill of exchange or promissory note in satisfaction of any sum of money, or for the payment of any sum of money out of any particular fund which may or may not be available, or upon any condition or contingency which may or may not be performed or happen; (b) an order for the payment of any sum of money weekly monthly or at any other stated periods; and (c) a letter of credit, that is to say, any instrument by which one person authorises another to give credit to the person in whose favour it is drawn

a "through bill of lading," but does not include a mate's receipt

the Board constituted under section 6

the Child Protection Advisory Board established under section 6

the Board of the Authority constituted under section

means the Federal Board of Revenue constituted under the Federal Board of Revenue Act, 2007

“Board” means the minimum wages board established under section 3 of the Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961 (XXXIX of 1961) or other relevant law adopted by Federal Government for the Islamabad Capital Territory;

- (a) any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another, on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified act is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be ; (b) any instrument attested by a witness and not payable to order or bearer, whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another; and (c) any instrument so attested, whereby a person obliges himself to deliver grain or other agricultural produce to another

any instrument whereby a person obliges himself to pay money to another on condition that the obligation shall be void if a specified act is performed, or is not performed, as the case may be

a portion of a book and also any number of sheets connected together with a view of forming a book or portion of a book

books of account, cost accounting records, deeds, vouchers, writings, documents, minutes and registers maintained on paper or in electronic form

records maintained in respect of- (a) all sums of money received and expended by a company and matters in relation to which the receipts and expenditure take place; (b) all sales and purchases of goods and services by the company; (c) all assets and liabilities of the company; and (d) items of cost in respect of production, processing, manufacturing or mining activities

breach of any duty imposed on trustee as such by any law for the time being in force

means breach of any duty imposed on trustee as such by any law for the time being in force

any property given as a gift before, at or after the marriage, either directly or indirectly, by the bridegroom or his parents to the bride in connection with the marriage but does not include Mehr

an official statement of the income and expenditure of a local government for a financial year

any factory, industrial or business establishment, shop, godown, warehouse, house, outhouse, hut, hutment, shed, garrage, stable, well or platform, and any other structure, whether meant for residential or business purposes or not, made of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, thatch, metal or any other material, but does not include a temporary structure made for purposes connected with agriculture

any building or part thereof, together with all fittings and fixtures therein, if any, and includes any vacant land, garden, ground, godown and out-house attached or appurtenant thereto, but does not include any place of religious worship

any shop, house, hut, outhouse, shed, stable or enclosure built of any material and used for any purpose, and also includes a wall, well, verandah, platform, plinth, ramp, stair-case and steps

any structure or erection or part of a structure or erection which is intended to be used for residential, commercial or for the purpose of any business, occupation, profession or trade, or for any other related purposes

a line beyond which the outer face or any part of an external wall of a building may not project beyond privately owned land in the direction of any street, existing or proposed

every trade, occupation and profession

a person who buys or agrees to buy goods

bye-laws made under this Act or made under the Capital Development Authority Ordinance, 1960 (XXIII of 1960) or the Municipal Administration Ordinance, 1960