Islamabad Capital Territory Shops, Business and Industrial Establishments (Security) Ordinance, 2000

This short 2000 Ordinance allows the Federal Government to regulate security arrangements for shops, businesses and industrial establishments within the Islamabad Capital Territory. Section 2 defines "establishment" broadly to include banks, money changers and financial institutions, as well as any office, firm, company, institution, industrial unit, undertaking, shop or premises used for business, trade, manufacturing, service, employment or any occupation.

Section 3 is the operative provision: the Government may issue an order, published in the official Gazette, to regulate and enforce security measures for the property and people connected with any such establishment — the Ordinance itself does not spell out what those measures must be, leaving the details to be set by government order.

Section 4 sets the penalty for breaking any order made under the Ordinance: imprisonment for up to one month, or a fine of up to fifteen thousand rupees, or both. Section 5 lets the Government make further rules by notification to carry out the Ordinance's purposes.

This Ordinance was promulgated during the 1999-2002 period when the National Assembly and Senate were suspended following the Proclamation of Emergency of 14 October 1999, as its preamble states. It is a short, largely enabling law — its real-world effect depends entirely on whatever security orders the Government has issued under Section 3, which are not included in this extract, so anyone wanting specific current security requirements for an establishment in Islamabad should check for such orders separately.