Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Ordinance, 2000.

This Ordinance brings into Pakistani law the international Chemical Weapons Convention, signed at Paris on 13 January 1993, which bans the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons worldwide.

Section 3 is the core prohibition: no person may develop, produce, acquire, stockpile, retain, or transfer a chemical weapon, use one, engage in military preparations to use one, help someone else do any of these things, or use a riot control agent as a method of warfare. Violating Section 3 is punishable with imprisonment for a term that may extend to twenty-five years. Section 4 similarly bans constructing or altering premises or equipment intended for producing chemical weapons, carrying the same twenty-five-year maximum imprisonment.

Section 5 restricts production, use, possession, transfer, import or export of certain listed ('scheduled') toxic chemicals and precursors, as well as certain organic chemicals, except for permitted purposes defined in Section 2(f) -- industrial, agricultural, research, medical, pharmaceutical, protective, certain military, or law-enforcement purposes. Breaching Section 5 or Section 6 (on transferring scheduled chemicals) is punishable with a fine of up to ten thousand rupees. Section 7 explains that production and trade in these chemicals is subject to varying levels of monitoring and on-site verification depending on which Schedule (I, II, or III) they fall under.

Section 9 designates the Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as Pakistan's 'National Authority' responsible for the Convention, with functions set out in Section 10 including facilitating inspections when Pakistan's compliance is challenged. Sections 12 to 25 govern how international inspections are conducted, including the powers, privileges and immunities of inspection teams, protections for confidential business and technical information (elaborated at length in the extract, including procedures for handling breaches of confidentiality), and a power under Section 24 to enter premises and search, remove or immobilise objects during an inspection.

The Schedules to the Ordinance (I through V) list the specific chemicals covered and reproduce relevant parts of the Convention's technical annexes.