Environmental Law in Pakistan - IUCN

government to make rules and the Council to make regulations(Sections 25 and 26).6.1.13.4 Pakistan ScienceFoundation Act 1973This act establishes the Pakistan Science Foundation, which setsup scientific and technological information centres, sponsorsresearch, gathers statistics, and liaises with international scientificresearch institutions (Section 4). The Foundation may makeregulations for the conduct of its own affairs (Section 18).6.1.13.5 Pakistan AtomicEnergy CommissionOrdinance 1965This ordinance establishes the Pakistan Atomic EnergyCommission, which promotes the peaceful use of atomic energyand is responsible for development projects involving nuclearpower stations (Section 6). The law also establishes a Council,which is a policy making and supervisory body (Section 9). Thefederal government may make rules to carry out the purposes ofthis ordinance (Section 19). The Commission may, with priorsanction from the federal government, make rules to regulate itsown business (Section 20). This law essentially provides for thecorporate functioning of the Atomic Energy Commission.6.1.14 Drugs, PharmaceuticalsDrugs and medicines generally, and opium, poisons and dangerous drugs in particular, are on theConcurrent Legislative List (items 19, 20 and 21). The Drugs Act of 1976 regulates pharmaceuticaldrugs, while the Control of Narcotic Substances Act 1997 deals with the cultivation and harvestingof cannabis, coca, and opium poppy. Legal instruments governing forests at the provincial levelregulate the harvesting of medicinal plants, specifically in the case of the NWFP where the legalregime governing forests was amended in 2002, and by implication in the other provinces and theNorthern Areas where the Forest Act 1927 remains in force.6.1.14.1 Control ofNarcotic SubstancesAct 1997This act prohibits the cultivation and harvesting of narcotic plants:cannabis, coca and opium poppy (Section 4). Penalties forviolations are imprisonment for up to seven years and/or a fine tobe determined by the court (Section 5).06Processes andInstitutions68EnvironmentalLaw in PakistanFederal6.1.14.2 Drugs Act 1976This act, as amended, empowers the federal government toregulate the import, export, manufacture, storage, distribution,advertising and sale of pharmaceutical drugs. The federalgovernment compiles and publishes the National Formulary whichlists the drugs that may be imported, manufactured or sold in thecountry (Section 8). This law deals with a number of other relatedmatters including the establishment of appellate boards,committees, and special courts; quality control boards; institutesand drug testing laboratories (Section 15); the powers of drugsinspectors (Section 18); the cancellation or suspension of licensesand registration (Sections 41 and 42); and exemptions (Section36). The federal and provincial governments have the power tomake rules (Sections 43 and 44); the Drugs (Import and Export)Rules 1976 were issued pursuant to the federal power.