Gwadur (Application of Central Laws) Ordinance, 1960

This 1960 Ordinance addresses a legal gap that arose when Gwadar became part of Pakistan in 1958. Gwadar had previously been under a different administration, and after it was ceded to Pakistan on 8 September 1958, it was administratively treated as part of the Mekran District in the Kalat Division of West Pakistan. This Ordinance formally applies to Gwadar all the Federal (Central) laws — including Acts, Orders, notifications, rules, and bye-laws — that were already in force in Mekran District at that time.

Section 2 makes this application retroactive to 8 September 1958, and says these laws continue in force in Gwadar subject to whatever amendments are later made to them by proper authority.

Section 3 is a detailed "savings" clause protecting continuity: any pre-existing Gwadar law covering the same subject as a newly applied Federal law is repealed and treated as if re-enacted by that Federal law (with the General Clauses Act, 1897 applying to that transition). Anything validly done, any right accrued, or any liability or penalty incurred under the old Gwadar law between September 1958 and this Ordinance's commencement remains valid. The section also makes clear that this repeal cannot retroactively create a new offence or increase a punishment, and that pending investigations, rights, and legal proceedings under the old Gwadar laws are unaffected and can continue as if this Ordinance had not been passed.

This is a historical, administrative law of mainly legal-continuity interest today — it explains how and when standard Pakistani federal law began applying to Gwadar, a fact still occasionally relevant to questions about older land, revenue, or administrative records from that region.