may by an order in writing, on the request of the Joint Investigation Team,
(a) call for information from any person for the purpose of satisfying himself whether there
has been any contravention of the provisions of this Act or any rule or order made there
under;
(b) require any person to produce or deliver any document or thing useful or relevant to the
inquiry or investigation;
(c) examine any person acquainted with the facts;
(d) with the permission of the Antiterrorism Court, require any bank of financial institution,
notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, to
provide any information relating to any person, including copies of entries made in the
bank’s or a financial institution’s book, including information of transactions saved in
electronic or digital form which are reasonably believed to be connected with commission
of an offence under this Act and the keeper of such books or records shall be obliged to
certify the copies in accordance with law; and
(e) require information or obtain record of telephone and mobile phone data, email, MMS
and CNIC and encrypted messages or any other information suspected to be linked in any
manner with commission of an offence under this Act, from any service provider
company of department.
(2) The copies obtained, information received or evidence collected in pursuance of clauses (d)
and (e) of subsection (1) shall be kept confidential and shall not be divulged to any unauthorized
person or used for any purpose other than the legal proceedings under this Act.
(3) Any contravention of an order made under subsection (1) shall be punishable with
imprisonment which may extend to two years or with fine which may extend to one hundred
thousand rupees or with both.]
2IF. Remissions. Notwithstanding anything contained in any law or prison rules for the time
being in force, no remission in any sentence shall be allowed to a person1*** who is convicted and
sentenced for any offence under this Act1* * * 1[:]
1[Provided that in case of a child convicted and sentences for an offence under this Act, on
satisfaction of government, may be granted remission, as deemed appropriate.]
1 Omitted, subs., & ins. by the Antiterrorism (Second Amdt.) Act, 2013 (XX of 2013), s. 17.
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