Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance, 1971

This Ordinance regulates the import, manufacture, formulation, sale, distribution and use of pesticides in Pakistan, with the aim of protecting farmers, consumers, and the environment from ineffective or harmful pesticide products. Section 3 defines key terms such as 'pesticide', 'adulterated', and 'sub-standard', though the extensive amendment footnotes on this section show these definitions have been revised more than once since 1971, most recently in 1997.

Section 4 is the central rule: no one may import, manufacture, formulate, sell, offer for sale, stock for sale, or advertise a pesticide unless it has been registered under the Ordinance. Section 5 sets out the registration application process to the Federal Government, and Section 6 fixes the registration period as running until the thirtieth of June of the third year following registration, after which renewal is needed under Section 8. Section 7 allows the Federal Government to cancel a registration if it was obtained in violation of the law or if the pesticide turns out to be ineffective or hazardous to vegetation, humans, or animals.

Chapter III creates the machinery for oversight: the Agriculture Pesticide Technical Advisory Committee (Section 12), a Pesticide Laboratory (Section 13), Government Analysts (Section 14), and Inspectors with defined powers (Sections 15-17) who can test and report on pesticide samples.

Chapter IV covers offences and enforcement, including penalties for violations (Section 21), rules against misuse of registration numbers or obstructing inspectors (Section 23), powers of entry and seizure (Section 24), and court power to order forfeiture of seized goods (Section 25) -- though the extract available does not specify the exact fine or imprisonment amounts, so these should be checked against the current text. The rule-making power in Section 29 covers labelling pesticides as 'Poison', safe storage requirements, limits on how much stock may be held, and precautions to protect workers from poisoning.

Given the multiple amendments referenced in the footnotes (1975, 1992, 1997) and the age of this law, readers should treat any specific figures or procedural details as needing verification against the current official text.