Section 19-A was introduced in the Punjab through the Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Amendment Act, 1951 (Act III of 1951) on 20.01.1951. Before inserting Section 19-A in the Colony Act, 1912 the succession of Muslim tenants was governed by Sections 20 to 23 of the Colony Act, 1912.

 Section 19-A was introduced in the Punjab through the Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) Amendment Act, 1951 (Act III of 1951) on 20.01.1951. Before inserting Section 19-A in the Colony Act, 1912 the succession of Muslim tenants was governed by Sections 20 to 23 of the Colony Act, 1912. Section 19-A could not be applicable automatically to Bahawalpur Region in absence of its express extension. For this purpose the Colonization of Government Lands (Punjab) (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1963 was promulgated on 20.05.1963 (West Pakistan Ordinance No.XIII of 1963) through notification dated 21.05.1963 which was published in the Gazette of West Pakistan on May 22, 1963. Through Ordinance No.XIII of 1963 Section 1 (2) was substituted and the Colony Act, 1912 was extended to the Districts Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Campbellpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Gujranwala, Gujrat, Jehlum, Jhang, Lahore, Lasbela, Lyallpur, Mianwali, Mintgomry, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Rawalpindi, Rahim Yar Khan, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Sialkot. In this way Section 19-A was made applicable to the Districts Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan on 20.05.1963.

Civil Revision No. 44 of 2010.

Muhammad Iqbal Khan, etc. Versus Rehmat Bibi, etc.
Date of hearing: 21.04.2022.