Page:1487052177 320.pdf/4

20



9. Amendment of section 24, Act VII of 1947.―In the said Act in section 24, after sub-section (2), the following new sub-sections shall be added, namely:―
 * “(3) Where the person accused of having made any payment in contravention of clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 5 is proved to have received from any person outside Pakistan a message which raises a

reasonable suspicion that it relates to certain payment to be made, the Tribunal may in the absence of proof to the contrary by the accused person presume that he had made such payment in pursuance of such message.
 * (4) If, after the issue of a notification under clause (a) of section 9, any person is found to be in possession of, or to have under his control, any foreign exchange specified in the notification, in circumstances which tend to raise a reasonable suspicion that he has contravened the notification, he shall be presumed to have contravened the notification unless he can, by proving the time when and the manner in which the foreign exchange came into his possession or under his control, show that he had not in fact contravened the notification.”.

10. General.―In the said Act, for the words “Central Government” wherever occurring the words “Federal Government” shall be substituted.