this Act, 1[or purporting to have been so made, issued or taken, as the case may be,] shall be called in
question in any Court, and no suit, prosecution, or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person
for anything done or in good faith intended to be done under this Act, or for any loss or damage
caused to or in respect of any property whereof possession has been taken under this Act : Provided
that an appeal shall lie against every conviction and sentence passed under Section 3(5)(b), 3(6), 4(2)
and 13 of this Act, in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as against a conviction and
sentence passed by a First Class Magistrate, under the Code 2* * *.
18. [Delegation of powers.] Omitted by the Repealing and Amending Ordinance, 1965 (10 of
1965), Section 3 and 2nd Schedule.
19. Power to make rules.___ (1) The 3[Federal Government] may make 4rules, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Act (V of 1898), to carry into effect the purposes thereof 5* * *.
(2) All rules made under this section shall be laid before the 6[National Assembly] as soon as may
be after they are made.
20. [Repeal and savings, etc.] Omitted by the Federal Laws (Revision and Declaration)
Ordinance,1981 (27 of 1981), s. 3 and 2nd Sch .
____________
1 Ins. by the Security of Pakistan (Second Amdt.) Ordinance, 1959 (29 of 1959), s. 5.
2 The words “of Criminal Procedure, 1898” omitted by the Security of Pakistan (Amdt.) Act, 1958 (13 of 1958), s. 12.
3 Subs. by the Preventive Detention Laws Amendment Act, 1975 (44 of 1975), s. 2, for “Central Government”.
4 For the (Security) Detention Rules, 1954, See Gaz. of P., 1954, Pt. I, p. 137.
5 Certain words omitted by Act 44 of 1975, s. 2.
6 Subs. by the Security of Pakistan (Amdt.) Act, 1958 (13 of 1958), s. 14, for “Parliament” which had been subs. by the Adaptation (Security Laws) Order., 1956 (P.O. No. 8 of 1956),
Art. 2 and Sch., for “Central Legislature” (w.e.f. 23 rd March, 1956).
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