(4) Subject to proviso to subsection (1) of section 45 on transfer of a Transferred Employee
under subsection (3), the Federal Government shall assume responsibility for his pensionary benefits
without recourse to the Pension Fund referred to in that section.
(5) Under the order vesting property of the Corporation in the Company, the Federal Government
shall require the Company to assume the responsibility of pensionary benefits of the
telecommunication employees and the Company shall not alter such pensionary benefits without the
consent of the individuals concerned and the award of appropriate compensation.
37. Special provisions. For the purposes of this Act, the Company shall be exempt from the
provisions of sections 62, 77,1* 178, 187, 206 and 235 of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of
1984) and further, notwithstanding anything contained in the Companies Ordinance, 1984, the
Federal Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, exempt the Company from the
application of such other provisions of that Ordinance, as may be specified in this regard.
1[37A. Company shares deemed validly issued. The “A” ordinary shares and “B” ordinary
shares issued by the Company shall be deemed to be validly issued in terms of the Companies
Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII of 1984)].
38. Exemption from taxes, audit, etc.__(1) The Company shall not, till the 30th June, 1999, be
liable to pay any income‑tax, super tax or wealth tax on its income, profits or gains.
(2) The value ascribed to the property vested in the Company by the Federal Government under
the order made under section 35 shall represent the actual acquisition cost of the property for the
purposes of taxation and depreciation.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Pakistan (Audit and Accounts) Order, 1973, (XXI
of 1973). the accounts of the Company shall not be audited by the Auditor‑General of Pakistan, but
shall be subject to audit in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, 1984 (XLVII
of 1984).
39. Licence to the Company.__(1) With effect from the effective date for the Company, the
Company shall be entitled, until issue of any licence under subsection (2), to the same authorizations
as the Corporation enjoyed immediately prior to that date.
(2) Within six months of the commencing date of this Act, the Authority shall grant a licence to
the Company in Pakistan, excluding the Northern Areas, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, for a period of
twenty‑five years on payment of licence fee determined by the Authority.
1 Omitted and ins. by Act II of 2006, ss.1920.
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