Legal Definitions Glossary

“ICT” means Islamabad Capital Territory for the purpose of this Act;

an information which may authenticate or identify an individual or an information system and enable access to any data or information system

land, buildings, rights of ways, lights or any other benefit arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth, but not standing timber, standing crops or grass

land, benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth

land, buildings, benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries and fisheries but does not Include - (a) standing timber, growing crops or grass whether immediate severance thereof it intended or not; (b) fruit upon and juice in trees whether in existence or to grow in future; and (c) machinery embedded in or attached to the earth, when dealt with apart from the land

bringing into the Punjab any article of food by any means including land, river, canal or air

(a) the label affixed and impressed by the proper officer; (b) the stamp embossed or engraved on a stamp paper; and (c) e-stamp

the owner or person responsible for management of day to day affairs of a healthcare establishment which are owned and operated by private persons, natural or corporate, or Government in any premises

a person appointed, enlisted or recognized as such under section 11 of this Act

any senior citizen who is frail, sickly, or with disability, and without pension or permanent source of income, compensation or financial assistance from his relatives or from any other source to support his basic needs

cholera, plague, smallpox and tuberculosis, and includes such other disease as the Government may, by notification, declare to be infectious or disease for purposes of this Act

text, message, data, voice, sound, database, video, signals, software, computer programmes, any forms of intelligence as defined under the Pakistan Telecommunication (Reorganization) Act, 1996 (XVII of 1996) and codes including object code and source code

an electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, reproducing, displaying, recording or processing any information

a person who has credible information that an offence is being committed under this Act

any substance, including a food additive used in processing, manufacturing, preparation etc. of food to present its final food product either in modified form or otherwise

a preliminary analysis, under section 12, of whether a child requires protection

means a Deputy Commissioner Inland Revenue appointed under section 208 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 (XLIX of 2001)

causing of pain, harm, disease, infirmity either bodily or in mind

every inquiry other that a trial conducted under this Code by a Magistrate or Court.

every inquiry conducted by an investigation agency on a complaint made in writing;

a person is said to be "insolvent" who has ceased to pay his debts in the ordinary course of business, or cannot pay his debts as they become due, whether he has committed and act of insolvency or not

the inspection and examination of the healthcare establishment by an inspection team

a team comprising more than two experts having relevant qualifications and experience constituted by the Registration Board

a non-testamentary instrument : 5["attested", in relation to an instrument, means 6[and shall be deemed always to have meant] attested by two or more witnesses each of whom has seen the executant sign or affix his mark to the instrument, or has seen some other person sign the instrument in the presence and by the direction of the executant, or has received from the executant a personal acknowledgement or his signature or mark, or of the signature of such other person, and each of whom has signed the instrument in the presence of the executant but it shall not be necessary that more than one of such witnesses shall have been present at the same time, and no particular form of attestation shall be necessary:]

every document by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, limited, extended, extinguished or recorded 1[and includes any instrument executed in electronic form.]

any instrument whereby co- owners of any property divide or agree to divide such property in severalty, and includes also a final order for effecting a partition passed by any Revenue authority or any Civil Court and an award by an arbitrator directing a partition

the instrument by which the trust is declared

means the instrument by which the trust is declared

in relation to an electronic document, electronic signature or advanced electronic signature, the electronic document, electronic signature or advanced electronic signature that has not been tampered with, altered or modified since a particular point in time

the beneficiary's right against the trust property

the rates of interest payable by the developer or the allottee, as the case may be. Explanation - For the purpose of this clause, - (i) the rate of interest chargeable from the allottee by the developer, in case of default in the payment scheme agreed upon in the agreement, shall be equal to the rate of interest which the developer shall be liable to pay the allottee, in case of default; and (ii) the interest payable by the developer to the allottee shall be from the date the developer did not deliver the possession of the premises/ real estate project as per the agreement between the Seller developer and buyer allottee. (zd) "internal development works" in relation to a real estate project means roads, footpaths, water supply, sewers, drains, parks, tree planting, street lighting, provision for community buildings and for treatment and disposal of sewage and silage water, solid waste management and disposal, water conservation, energy management, fire protection and fire safety requirements, social infrastructure such as educational, health and other public amenities or any other work in a project for its benefit, as per sanctioned plans

any amount, big or small, over the principal, in a contract of loan or debt, regardless of whether the loan is taken for purpose, of consumption or for some production activity, whether the same is charged or sought to be recovered specifically by way of interest or otherwise, or found so to be recoverable by a competent Court

means the beneficiary‘s right against the trust property

transactions, - (i) where differences in prices are exchanged without any intention of exchange of goods by the parties involved; or (ii) where sale is made on credit for higher price and repurchase of the same for lower price on cash, basis by the original owner in a given transaction; or (iii) where two prices are stipulated in the same deal that is to charge lower or discounted price for shorter period or given listed price for longer period by the buyer in a given transaction

and includes an unauthorized act in relation to an information system or data that may disturb its normal working or form with or without causing any actual damage to such system or data

(i) the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs done at New York on the 30th March, 1961, as amended by the 1972 Protocol done at Geneva on the 25th March, 1972; (ii) the Convention Against Psychotropic Substances done at Vienna on the 21st February, 1971; (iii) the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances done at Vienna on the 20th December, 1988; and (iv) any other international convention to which Pakistan may become party in future relating in whole or in part to the control of drugs of abuse, controlled chemicals or controlled equipments;] (p) "manufacture", in relation to narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, includes (i) all processes by which such drugs or substances may be obtained; (ii) refining of such drugs or substances; (iii) transformation of such drugs or substances; and (iv) making or preparing such drugs or substances

an investigating or prosecuting agency as specified in the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (VII of 2010)

means an investigating or prosecuting agency as specified in the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (VII of 2010)

all the proceedings under this Code for the collection of evidence conducted by a police officer or by any person (other than a Magistrate) who is authorised by a Magistrate in this behalf.

the law enforcement agency established by or designated under this Act

the "investigating or prosecuting agency" as specified in the Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (VII of 2010)