Gilgit-Baltistan Laws
Abolition of jagirdari system 1972 notification PDF Document 57KB
Abolition of jagirdari system 1972 notification PDF Document 57KB
Abolition of ulema boards 1977 notificationc PDF Document 46KB
Agricultural Development Bank Ordinance 1961 PDF Document 1.66MB
Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance (Extension to the Northern Areas Order) 1995 PDF Document 41KB
Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance 1971 PDF Document 404KB
Allotment of Government Land Rules 1975 PDF Document 1.16MB
Allotment of Government Land Rules 1975 copy 2 PDF Document 1020KB
Application of laws in Gilgit Agency 1959 PDF Document 42KB
Application of laws in Gilgit Agency 1959 copy 2 PDF Document 41KB
Appointment of environment minister for Northern Areas 2001 notification PDF Document 23KB
Appointment of fisheries inspectors 1975 notification PDF Document 65KB
Appointment of fisheries inspectors 1990 notification 1 PDF Document 50KB
Appointment of fisheries inspectors 1990 notification 2 PDF Document 100KB
Appointment of sessions judges 1965 notification PDF Document 142KB
Assignment of portfolios to chief executive and advisors 2002 order PDF Document 29KB
Ban on hunting and trade in wildlife 1974 notification PDF Document 32KB
Canal and Drainage Act 1873 PDF Document 1.12MB
Cattle Trespass Act 1871 PDF Document 300KB
Cattle Trespass Act 1976 application to Northern Areas 1976 notification PDF Document 33KB
Creation of environment section 1999 notification PDF Document 187KB
Dangerous Drugs Act 1930 (from Manual of Drug Laws) PDF Document 1.15MB
Delegation of financial powers 2002 notification PDF Document 173KB
Delegation of powers to forest and wildlife officers 1976 notification PDF Document 4.06MB
Drugs Act 1976 (from Manual of Drug Laws) PDF Document 3.65MB
Environmental Protection (Adaptation and Enforcement Order) 2002 copy 2 PDF Document 30KB
Environmental Protection (Adaptation and Enforcement) Order 2002 PDF Document 66KB
Environmental Samples Rules 2001 PDF Document 31KB
Environmental Samples Rules 2001 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 31KB
Environmental Tribunal Rules 1999 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 25KB
Establishment of Chief Court for the Northern Areas 1994 notification PDF Document 133KB
Explosive Substances Act 1908 PDF Document 110KB
Explosives Act 1884 PDF Document 328KB
Factories Act 1934 PDF Document 2.32MB
Forest Act (Amendment) Order 1993 PDF Document 153KB
Forest Act 1927 PDF Document 1.13MB
Forest Act 1927 application of Chapter IV 1983 notification PDF Document 25KB
Gilgit Private Forest Regulation 1970 PDF Document 182KB
Gilgit Private Forest Regulation 1970 copy 2 PDF Document 171KB
Gilgit Sub-Division Nautor Rules 1942 PDF Document 84KB
Gilgit Sub-division Right of Prior Purchase Regulation 1938 PDF Document 344KB
Grant of forest concessions 1975 notification PDF Document 90KB
Hazardous Substances Rules 2003 (Draft) (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 150KB
Imports and Exports (Control) Act 1950 PDF Document 3.05MB
Land Acquisition Act 1894 PDF Document 927KB
List of federal laws extended to the Northern Areas 2002 PDF Document 185KB
List of Laws Extended to the Northern Areas 1991 notification PDF Document 633KB
Literacy Ordinance 1985 implementation 1994 notification PDF Document 42KB
National Biosafety Guidelines 2005 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 687KB
National Environment Quality Standards (Certification of Environmental Laboratories) Regulations 2000 PDF Document 303KB
National Environmental Quality Standards (Certification Environmental Laboratories) Regulations 2000 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 35KB
National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industries) Rules 2001 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 312KB
National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industries) Rules 2001 amendment 2005 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 717KB
National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industry) Rules 2001 PDF Document 312KB
National Environmental Quality Standards 1993 PDF Document 117KB
National Environmental Quality Standards 1993 Amendment 2000 PDF Document 116KB
National Environmental Quality Standards 1993 amendment 2000 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 121KB
National Environmental Quality Standards 1993 and amendment 1995 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 121KB
National Environmental Quality Standards for Ambient Air (draft) (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 95KB
National Highway Authority Act 1991 PDF Document 308KB
Northern Areas Adaptation of Laws Order 1981 PDF Document 96KB
Northern Areas Cattle Trespass Act 1976 PDF Document 351KB
Northern Areas Code of Criminal Procedure Order 1991 PDF Document 40KB
Northern Areas Council Legal Framework (Amendment) Order 2002 PDF Document 36KB
Northern Areas Council Legal Framework Order 1994 PDF Document 1012KB
Northern Areas Court of Appeals (Establishment) Order 1999 PDF Document 102KB
Northern Areas Fisheries Act 1975 PDF Document 250KB
Northern Areas Fisheries Act 1975 amendment 1999 notification PDF Document 144KB
Northern Areas Fisheries Rules 1975 PDF Document 324KB
Northern Areas Fisheries Rules 1975 amendment 1990 notification PDF Document 53KB
Northern Areas Fisheries Rules 1975 amendment 2002 notification PDF Document 204KB
Northern Areas Fisheries Rules 1975 amendment 2002 notification copy 2 PDF Document 145KB
Northern Areas Forest Rules 1983 PDF Document 516KB
Northern Areas Hotels and Restaurant Rules 1982 PDF Document 63KB
Northern Areas Local Government Order 1979 PDF Document 1.71MB
Northern Areas Local Government Order 1979 copy 2 PDF Document 1.34MB
Northern Areas Nautor Rules 1978 PDF Document 80KB
Northern Areas Nautor Rules 1980 PDF Document 128KB
Northern Areas Penal Code Order 1991 PDF Document 44KB
Northern Areas Rules of Business 1994 PDF Document 631KB
Northern Areas Town Area Committees Building By-Laws 1979 PDF Document 137KB
Northern Areas Wildlife Preservation Act 1975 PDF Document 675KB
Northern Areas Wildlife Preservation Act 1975 with Urdu translation PDF Document 1.07MB
North-West Frontier Province Tenancy Act 1950 PDF Document 1.42MB
Pakistan Biosafety Rules 2005 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 113KB
Pakistan Environment Protection Act 1997 PDF Document 778KB
Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 60KB
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 PDF Document 128KB
Pakistan Hotels and Restaurants Act 1976 PDF Document 637KB
Pakistan Hotels and Restaurants Act 1976 application to Northern Areas 1978 notification PDF Document 45KB
Pakistan Hotels and Restaurants Rules 1977 PDF Document 237KB
Pakistan Tourist Guides Act 1976 application to Northern Areas 1978 notification PDF Document 26KB
Pollution Charge for Industry (Calculation and Collection) Rules 2001 PDF Document 748KB
Pollution Charge for Industry (Calculation and Collection) Rules 2001 copy 2 PDF Document 358KB
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1890 PDF Document 659KB
Province of West Pakistan (Dissolution) Order 1970 PDF Document 492KB
Province of West Pakistan (Dissolution) Order 1970 copy 2 PDF Document 420KB
Provincial Sustainable Development Fund (Utilization) Rules 2001 PDF Document 131KB
Provincial Sustainable Development Fund (Utilization) Rules 2003 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 265KB
Provincial Sustainable Development Fund Board (Procedure) Rules 2001 PDF Document 101KB
Provincial Sustainable Development Fund Board (Procedure) Rules 2001 (Pak EPA web version) PDF Document 13KB
Relaxation on ban of allotment of khalisa sarkar land 1988 notification PDF Document 24KB
Tourist Guides Act (Adaptation) Order 1982 PDF Document 49KB
Travel Agencies Act 1976 PDF Document 225KB
Travel Agencies Act 1976 application to Northern Areas 1978 notification PDF Document 49KB
West Pakistan Motor Vehicles (Northern Areas) (Amendment) Order 1982 PDF Document 35KB
West Pakistan Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1965 PDF Document 2.17MB
West Pakistan Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1965 (provincial amended version) PDF Document 9.48MB
West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers Ordinance 1965 PDF Document 117KB
Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act 1912 PDF Document 257KB
Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act 1912 copy 2 PDF Document 109KB
Cattle Trespass Act 1871 application to Northern Areas 1976 PDF Document 33KB

Customary Laws Governing Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas

Survey and analysis of customary law governing the use and management of natural resources in the Northern Areas.

Citation: Asad Bilal, Huma Haque and Patricia Moore. 2003. Customary Laws Governing Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas. Karachi: IUCN Pakistan, Environmental Law Programme. xiv+67 pp.

NORTHERN AREAS CUSTOMARY LAWS
 

 

Natural resources and natural resource management

Legal Instruments
The Northern Areas Code of Criminal Procedure Order 1991
(KANA Order no. 9(1)/90-NA-I dated 21 December 1991)

Land Tenure
Land Tenure (cited in Notification NO.REG.HC.NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972,
(Notification No. REG-Misc.23/1 972 dated 12 October 1972 / No.LA-COMM-9(22)/83).
(Circular No. Sec-44/72-Res. dated 20 February 1975)
KANA notification no. 22(4)/86-NA.l dated 3 December 1988
Northern Areas Nautor Rules 1978
(Office Memorandum No. LA/COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991)
Northern Areas Nautor Rules 1980
(Order No. G-1(7)/78 KANAD dated 3 August 1980)
Land Acquisition Act 1894 (Notification No. REG.HC.NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972)
(Office Memorandum No. LA/COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991

Forests/ Timber
Northern Areas Cattle Trespass Act 1976 (Notification no. LA(RES)-NTF-9(1 )/76
dated 20 September 1976)
Concessions and privileges granted to villagers of Hunza, Nagar and Ghizar
(Notification No. REG-HC.NTF-9/75-I dated 24 July 1975)
Gilgit Private Forest Regulation 1970 (Notification no. REG.HC.NTF-1 5/71 dated 4 February 1971)
Forest Act 1927 LA-MISC-42/59 dated 19 October 1959, item 16) a
(notification No. Reg-HC.NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972, item 53).
(Office Memorandum No. LA/COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991)
Forest Act Amendment Order 1 993 (KANA Order No. 26(8)/92-NA-l
dated 25 February 1993 / LA-COMM-9(7)/92)
Northern Areas Forest Rules 1983
KANA Notification no. D-5(4)/81-VI dated 9 May 1983

Fisheries
Northern Areas Fisheries Act 1975
(Notification No.Reg.Hc.NTF-5/75 dated April 1975)
(Notification No. LA-MISC-42/59 dated 19 October 1959,
(Notification No.REG.HC.NTF-32/72)
Fisheries Act amendment (KANA Notification No. F.O(1)/98.NA.I dated 1 April 1999)
Northern Areas Fisheries Rules 1975 (Notification No. Reg-Hc-NTF.6/75 dated 4 April 1975)
Fisheries Rules amendment (KANA Notification No.F. 12(5)/2001-NA-Il dated 13 July 2002)
Fisheries Rules amendment (KANA Order No. 9(6) /90-NA-I dated 29 November 1990)
Notification No.Reg.Hc.NTF-4/75 dated 17 April 1975

Wildlife/Fauna, Non-Timber, Flora
Northern Areas Forest Rules 1983
Northern Areas Wildlife Preservation Act 1975
Notification L.A.(RES)-9(1)/76 dated 2 October 1976
Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act 1912
(notification no. REG.HC.NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972, item 47) and to Hunza in 1975 (notification No.REG.NO.NTF-3/75 dated 22 March 1975, item 19).
(KANA office memorandum No.LA-COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991, item 49,
Letter no. JC-1/2002 dated 18 July 2002, item 49).
(notification no. LA-MISC-42/59 dated 19 October 1959, item 10)
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1890
(notification no. LA-MISC-42/59 dated 19 October 1959, item 17)
(notification no. REG.HC.NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972, item 54).
(office memorandum No.LA-COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991, item 55)

Protected Areas
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(1)/2000 dated 13 June 2000)
Northern Areas Wildlife Preservation Act 1975

Freshwater
Environmental Protection (Adaptation and Enforcement) Order 2002
(KANA Order No.F.No.10(S), 2002-NAIl dated 21 August 2002)
Northern Areas Penal Code Order 1991
(KANA Order no. 9(1)/90-NA.I dated 21 December 1991)
(Notification No. REG,HC.NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972, item 1)
(Notification No. REG. NO. NTF-3/75 dated 22 March 1975, item 2)
Forest Act 1927
Canal and Drainage Act 1873
(Notification no. LA-MISC-42/59 dated 19 October 1959, item 5)
(KANA office memorandum No.LA-COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991, item 45)
(KANA Order no. F.3/6/99-NA.II dated October 2002)

Processes and institutions that affect natural resources and natural resource management

Urban and Rural Development
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(1)/2000 dated 13 June 2000)
Northern Areas Town Area Committees Building Bylaws 1979 (Notification no. LA/Res-9(1)/79 dated 25 June 1979)

Agriculture
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(1)/2000 dated 1 3 June 2000)
Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance (Extension to the Northern Areas Order) 1995 (KANA Order No. F&A-1 (38)/95 dated 18 October 1995 and 28 September 1995)


Agricultural Development Bank Ordinance 1961 Northern Areas Adaptation of Laws Order 1981 (KANA Order No.NA-9(2)81 dated 10 December 1981)

Extractive Industry - Mining, Petroleum
Northern Areas Concession Rules 2003

Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO) 339(I)/2000 dated 13 June 2000)

Non-Extractive Industry
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(I)/2000 dated 1 3 June 2000)
Factories Act 1934 Adaptation of Laws Order 1981 (KANA Order no. NA-9 (2)/81 dated 10 December 1981)

Taxation
Northern Areas Council Legal Framework Order 1994 (KANA Order no.12 (34)/93-NA-1 dated 12 June 1994)

Transport
Environmental Protection (Adaptation and Enforcement) Order 2002 (KANA Order No.F.No.10(S), 2002-NAIl dated 21 August 2002)
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(1)/2000 dated 13 June 2000)
Motor Vehicle Ordinance 1965 (Cited in KANA Order no.NA-4(1 )/80 dated 19 May 1982)
: Gilgit (Notification no.LA-MISC-42/59 dated 19 October 1959, item 2);
ii. Punial-lshkoman and Gupis-Yasin (notification no. REG. HC .NTF-32/72 dated 1 November 1972, item 39); and
iii. all of the Northern Areas (office memorandum no.LA/COMM.-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991, item 42)
Pakistan Penal Code 1860

Tourism
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(1)/2000 dated 13 June 2000)
Northern Areas Hotels and Restaurant Rules 1982 (KANA Notification No. G-14(100)/ 77 dated 4 July 1982)
Tourist Guides Act (Adoption) Order 1982 (Notification No. LA-Res-9(3)/76 dated 15 June 1978, KANA Order No.G-14(100)/ 77 dated 4 July 1982)
Pakistan Hotels and Restaurant Act 1976
Travel Agencies Act 1976

Import/Export
Imports and Exports (Control) Act 1950 Northern Areas Adaptation of Laws Order 1981 (KANA Order no.NA-9(2)/81 dated 10 December 1981, item 16. See also Office Memorandum No.LA/COMM-9(7)/91 dated 14 May 1991, item 134)

Other Legal Instruments
Environmental Protection (Adaptation and Enforcement) Order 2002 (KANA Order No.F.No.10(S), 2002-NAIl dated 21 August 2002)
Environmental Samples Rules 2001 (SRO 527(1)/2001 dated March 2001)
National Environmental Quality Standards (Self-Monitoring and Reporting by Industry) Rules 2001 (SR0528 (1)/2001 dated April 2001)
Pollution Charge for Industry (Calculation and Collection) Rules 2001 (SRO (1)/2001 dated 01 July 2001)
Provincial Sustainable Development Fund Board (Procedure) Rules 2001 (SRO 526(1)/2001 dated 18 July 2001)
Provincial Sustainable Development Fund (Utilization) Rules 2002 (SRO(1)/2001 dated January 2002)
National Environmental Quality Standards (Certification of Environmental Laboratories) Regulations 2000 (SRO 258(1)/2000 dated 10 February 2000)
Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Review of Initial Environmental Examination and Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2000 (SRO 339(1)/2000 dated 13 June 2000)
West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers Ordinance 1965
Explosive Substances Act 1 908
Explosives Act 1884

 

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