SAJID TRADERS, LAHORE versus M/O COMMERCE, GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN THROUGH SECRETARY, FINANCE
Applicants applying for regulatory duty by the federal government under section 18 (3) of the Constitution of Pakistan, Article 199 Constitutional Application Goods Import Customs Act, 1969 The defects on the basis that, under the Constitution, Section 18 (3) of the Customs Act, 1969, was intended to maintain a balance between the international market and the prices of goods in Pakistan. Was three. Other special laws, namely the Anti-Dumping Duty Ordinance, 2000, the Counter Welfare Duty Ordinance, 2001 and the Safe Guard Majority Ordinance, 2002 already existed and stated that in the presence of special laws, common law cannot be excluded and For this reason, the federal government cannot impose regulatory duty under Article 18 (3) of Customs. The Act, 1969 cannot be precluded from regulatory duty customs duty because it was a part of the same duty even if it is considered that the other three special laws are intended to balance the prices of the international market and the prices in Pakistan, This would not mean that because of the aforementioned special laws, the federal government was barred from imposing regulatory duty, the legislature had assigned the federal government the authority to impose regulatory duty, and therefore to impose regulatory duty on the federal government. Constitutional petitions were dismissed, in the circumstances
