Enemy Property (Continuance of Emergency Provisions) Ordinance, 1969

This 1969 Ordinance kept alive a specific set of wartime rules after the Defence of Pakistan Ordinance, 1965 (enacted during hostilities) ceased to have legal effect. Its purpose was narrow: to continue provisions of the Defence of Pakistan Rules dealing with controlling trade with an "enemy" and controlling firms designated as enemy firms, plus administering property belonging to them.

Section 2 continues specific numbered rules listed in the Schedule (such as Rule 162 on prohibition of trading with the enemy, Rule 164 on appointing Controllers of Enemy Trading, Rule 178 on transfer of property to or by enemy firms, and Rule 183 on winding up certain businesses), with any modifications noted in the Schedule. Any orders already made under these rules before this Ordinance continue in force.

Section 3 gives these continued rules and orders made under them overriding effect over any other inconsistent law. Section 4 lets the Federal Government delegate its powers and duties under the continued rules to subordinate officers, provincial governments, or other authorities. Section 5 protects orders and notifications about entry, exit, or transit of traffic issued before this Ordinance, bars courts from questioning orders made under the continued rules, and creates a legal presumption that an order signed by an authority was validly made. Section 6 shields the government and any person acting in good faith under these rules from being sued.

This is a very old, narrowly-scoped wartime administrative law from 1969, rooted in the historical context of controlling trade with wartime "enemy" states and firms. Its practical relevance today is limited and highly specialised; anyone dealing with an actual enemy-property matter should check current status and any successor legislation.