The Punjab Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran (Amendment) Bill 2021, having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Punjab on May 18, 2021, and assented to by the Acting Governor of Punjab on May 28, 2021, Is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab. This act is called “THE PUNJAB COMPULSORY TEACHING OF THE HOLY QURAN (AMENDMENT) ACT 2021 ACT XIV OF 2021” Provincial assembly of Punjab issued notification vide order No. PAP/Legis-3(64)/2021/2545 on May 31, 2021, in connection with compulsory teaching of the Holy Quran in the Punjab institutions. In this regard the Punjab Gazette published by the authority. [First published, after having received the assent of the Acting Governor of Punjab, in the Gazette of Punjab (Extraordinary) dated May 31, 2021.)
An Act
An amendment is made the Punjab Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran Act 2018. It is necessary to amend the Punjab Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran Act 2018 (XVII of 2018) for the purposes hereinafter appearing; Be it enacted by the Provincial Assembly of Punjab as follows:
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1. Short Title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Punjab Compulsory Teaching of the Holy Quran (Amendment) Act 2021. It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendments in section 2 of Act XVII of 2018
Teaching of the Holy Quran Act 2018 (XVII of 2018), in section 2:
(i) before the existing clause (a), the following new clause (a) shall be inserted and the existing clause (a) and remaining clauses shall be renumbered accordingly:
“(a) “compulsory teaching” means teaching of the Holy Quran as a separate compulsory subject;”; and
(ii) for the existing clause (c), renumbered as clause (d), the following shall be
substituted:
“(d) “Neazrah Quran” means reading and recitation with correct pronunciation by sighting of Arabic text;”
