Legal Definitions Glossary

“Wages” means all amounts paid for labor performed by employees of every description which would if the terms and conditions of employment, express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to a person employed in respect of his employment or of work done in such employment, and includes fixed amount or conditional on time, task commission basis or any method of calculation but does not include (i) any contribution paid by the employer in respect of such person under any scheme of social insurance or to a pension fund or provident fund; and (ii) gift or anything given in kind.

property of any kind permanently dedicated by a person professing Islam for any purpose recognized by Islam as religious, pious or charitable, but does not include property of any waqf such as is described in section 3 of the Mussalman Waqf Validating Act, 1913 (VI of 1913), under which any benefit is for the time being claimable for himself by the person by whom the waqf was created or by any member of his family or descendants: Explanation 1- If a property has been used from time immemorial for any purpose recognized by Islam as religious, pious or charitable, then in spite of there being no evidence of express dedication, such property shall be deemed to be a waqf property. Explanation 2- Property allotted in lieu of or in exchange of waqf property left in India shall be deemed to be waqf property. Explanation 3- Property of any kind acquired with the sale proceeds or in exchange of or from the income arising out of waqf property or from subscription raised for any purpose recognized by Islam as religious, pious or charitable, shall be deemed to be waqf property. Explanation 4- The income from boxes placed at shrines and offerings, subscriptions or articles of any kind, description or use presented to a shrine or to any person at the premises of a shrine shall be deemed to be a waqf property. Explanation 5- Property permanently dedicated for the purpose s of a mosque, Takia, Khan kah, Dargah or other shrines shall be deemed to be a waqf property. Explanation 6- Relief of the poor and the orphans, education, workshop, medical relief, maintenance of shrines and the advancement of any other object of charitable, religious or pious nature or of general public utility shalt be deemed to be charitable purposes.

a minor for whose person or property, or both, there is a guardian

a ward within a Union or Town as defined in the aforesaid Order.

any items which can be used to injure or cause bodily harm, and includes any type of firearm, explosive, sword, dagger, knuckle- duster, stengun, bomb, grenade, rocket launcher, mortar or any chemical, biological weapon or any other thing which can be used for causing injury, hurt, harm or destruction of person or property, and includes 'illicit arms' as defined in the Surrender of Illicit Arms Act, 1991 (XXI of 1991)

all such services relating to the social, economic, boarding and lodging needs of the senior citizens as well as their legal protection as provided under this Act

welfare and social security packages or grants announced for welfare of the senior citizens by the Government.

the legal declaration of the intention of a testator with respect to his property which he desires to be carried into effect after his death.

“willful default” a person or a holder of public office is said to commit an offence of willful default under this Ordinance if he does not pay, or continues not to pay, or return or repay the amount due from him to any bank, financial institution, cooperative society, Government department or a statutory body or an authority established or controlled by a Government on the date that it became due as per agreement containing the obligation to pay, return or repay or according to the laws, rules, regulations, instructions, issued or notified by the State Bank of Pakistan, or the bank, financial institution, [cooperative] society, Government department statutory body or an authority established or controlled by a Government, as the case may be, and a thirty days notice has been given to such person or holder of public office: Provided that it is not willful default under this Ordinance if such person or holder of public office was unable to pay, return or repay the amount as aforesaid on account of any willful breach of agreement or obligation or failure to perform statutory duty on the part of any bank, financial institution, cooperative society or a Government department statutory body or an authority established or controlled by Government: Provided further that in the case of default concerning a bank or a financial institution a seven days notice has also been given to such person or holder of public office by the Governor, State Bank of Pakistan: Provided also that the aforesaid thirty days or seven days notice shall not apply to cases pending trial at the time of promulgation of the National Accountability Bureau (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (XXXV of 2001).

the place of work or the premises where an organization or employer operates and includes building, factory, shop, commercial establishment, workshop, farm, residential hotel or restaurant, open area or a larger geographical area where the activities of the organization or of employer are carried out and including any situation that is linked to official work or official activity outside the office.

a person directly engaged in work or is dependent on personal labour for subsistence living and includes a worker as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 2012 (X of 2012)