THE [1][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] PROHIBITION

OF DANCING ACT, 1974

[2][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] ACT NO. IV OF 1974.

                                                                                        [5^th July, 1974]

CONTENTS

PREAMBLE

SECTIONS

1.         Short title, extent and commencement.

2.         Penalty for dancing in a public place.

3.         Power to enter and arrest.

4.         Cognizance of offence.

5.         Power to make rules.

THE [3][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] PROHIBITION

OF DANCING ACT, 1974

[4][KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA] ACT NO. IV OF 1974.

                                                                                                       [5^th July, 1974] 

First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the

 [5][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] in the Gazette of  [6][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]

(Extra-Ordinary,) dated the 5^th July, 1974).

AN
ACT.

to prohibit dancing in the [7][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa].

            It is hereby enacted as follows:-

            (2) It extends to the whole of the [10][Province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa] except the Tribal Areas.

            (3) It shall come into force at once.

(a)      “dance” with all its grammatical variations shall mean the dance performed for money consideration or reward;

(b)      “Government” means the Government of the [11][Khyber Pakhtunkhwa];

(c)       “public place” includes any house, room, tent, enclosure, road, lane, bridge, square or any other place to which the public are admitted to witness a dance on payment of money or otherwise.

            (3) Any woman, having been convicted of an offence under this Act, again commits an offence under this Act, shall be punished for every such subsequent offence with simple imprisonment which may extend to [13][three months] or with fine which may extend to [14][four thousand rupees], or with both.

            (2) It shall be the duty of the officer arresting any woman under subsection (1) to make a report of the circumstances under which the arrest was made to the nearest Police Station and to release such woman on bail if sufficient bail be tendered for her appearance before police officer or before a Magistrate, as the case may be.

            (3) When any woman is arrested under sub-section (1), the person arresting her shall, if sufficient bail not tendered, send her to the nearest Police Station, with a report of the circumstances under which such arrest was made.