SHER BANO versus FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY MINISTRY OF NARCOTICS, ISLAMABAD
Article 21 and 37 Constitution of Pakistan, Article 199 Order to freeze the constitutional petition, Notice to deal with the bank account in the jurisdiction The petitioner's complaint is that his son has been sentenced by the trial court but the authorities have given his bank account Was frozen. Interim arrangements until the disposal or release of assets were directed by the court to distinguish between freezing of assets by the court or the Director General of the Anti-Narcotic Force (ANF), such as the Narcotic Material Stances Act of Control. Article 37 (2) of 1997. That the Director General or authorized officer had to present the freeze notice issued by him to the court within seven days and it was the court which had to decide the continuity or any other kind of frozen notice where the court had directed the counter-director general. Didn't recognize the frozen note issued by the source. The Narcotic Force or the authorized officer will lose his sanctity only after the expiry of 7 days and the assets will be automatically returned by the court when the issue of issuance of frozen notices or the order of the court to freeze assets. However, unless the court seizes the assets by order of separate reasoning or by judgment, the assets are automatically released on the declaration of the judgment. The confiscation of assets, except where the accused was convicted for an offense under Section 12 of the Narcotic Substance Act 1997, was found not to be a crime, but was earlier found to be a Section 39 of the Narcotic Substance Act 1997. Subject to the terms set out below. While directing the arrest, the court must provide appropriate opportunity for the victim to be affected by such coercion.
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