The author tried to prepare important list of social legislation adopted and enforced in Pakistan along with international conventions and laws. This material is essential for PPSC, FPSC and other competitive exams. Usually, jobs related to Social Work contain 5 to 8 questions about National and International laws.
List of Social Legislation
| Social Legislation | Year |
| Societies Registration Act | 1860 |
| Punishment for rape | 1860 |
| The Divorce Act | 1869 |
| The female infanticide prevention Act | 1870 |
| Contract Act | 1872 |
| The married women’s property Act | 1874 |
| The Trust Act | 1882 |
| Restriction of child labour Act | 1890 |
| Charitable Endowments Act | 1890 |
| Guardian and Ward Act | 1890 |
| The marriages validation Act | 1892 |
| Inspection of mental disordered prisoners act | 1898 |
| Punishment for false accusation for fornication | 1898 |
| Code of Criminal Procedure | 1898 |
| Section of prisoners’ act | 1900 |
| The Charitable and Religious Trusts Act | 1920 |
| Cooperative Societies Act | 1925 |
| Probational release act | 1926 |
| Amendment of child marriage | 1929 |
| The parsi marriage & divorce Act | 1936 |
| Punjab maternity benefit Act | 1943 |
| Vagrancy act | 1950 |
| West Pakistan maternity benefits ordinance | 1958 |
| The Punjab Vagrancy Ordinance | 1958 |
| The Punjab Hindu Women’s Rights to Agricultural Land Ordinance | 1959 |
| Probation of offender ordinance | 1960 |
| Muslim family laws ordinance | 1961 |
| Legislation on prostitution | 1961 |
| Voluntary Social Welfare Agencies (Registration and Control) Ordinance | 1961 |
| Family Courts Act | 1964 |
| Employee’s social security ordinance | 1965 |
| Social work (Scot land) Act | 1968 |
| Worker’s children education ordinance | 1972 |
| Drug Act | 1974 |
| Employee old age benefits act | 1976 |
| The dowry and bridal gift act | 1976 |
| Complaint in case of Zina | 1979 |
| Complaint in case of Qazf | 1979 |
| Zakat and Ushar ordinance | 1980 |
| The Charitable Endowment Act | 1980 |
| The Disabled Persons Ordinance | 1981 |
| International plan of action on aging act | 1982 |
| The Punjab youthful offenders | 1983 |
| The Companies Ordinance | 1984 |
| Human Rights Commission of Pakistan | 1987 |
| The Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930, Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act | 1987 |
| Punjab Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Rules | 1987 |
| Code of criminal procedure | 1989 |
| Bait-ul-Maal act | 1991 |
| The Employment of Children Act | 1991 |
| The employment of children act | 1991 |
| Bonded labor system act | 1991 |
| Disability discrimination act | 1995 |
| The Sindh bostal school acts | 1995 |
| The women distress and detention fund Act | 1996 |
| The reformatory schools acts | 1997 |
| Punishment for crimes under the control of Narcotic Substance Act | 1997 |
| The Federal Govt enacted marriages prohibition of wasteful expenses act | 1997 |
| Human rights act | 1998 |
| Juvenile justice system ordinance | 2000 |
| Mental health ordinance | 2001 |
| The Local Government Ordinance | 2001 |
| Income Tax Ordinance | 2001 |
| The Punjab Vagrancy (Amendment) Ordinance | 2001 |
| The non-smokers health ordnance | 2002 |
| National policy for Development and Empowerment of Women | 2002 |
| The juvenile justice system ordinance | 2002 |
| Prevention and control of human trafficking ordinance | 2002 |
| Child Nutrition Act | 2002 |
| Prohibition of smoking and protection of non-smokers health ordinance | 2002 |
| Punjab Marriage Function (prohibition of ostentatious display & wasteful expenses) Act | 2003 |
| Non–profit Public Benefit Organizations. (Governance and Support) Act | 2003 |
| The anti-juvenile smoking act | 2003 |
| Punjab destitute and neglected children Act | 2004 |
| Child welfare enacted legislation | 2005-2011 |
| Honor killing ordinance adopted 2004 and enforced | 2005 |
| The Protection of Women act | 2006 |
| The prevention of anti-women practices bill | 2008 |
| The transplantation of human organs act | 2010 |
| Protection against women at workplace act | 2010 |
| Acid control and acid crime prevention bill | 2010 |
| KPK Child Protection and Welfare Act | 2010 |
| Sindh Child Protection Authority Act | 2011 |
| Domestic violence (prevention and protection) Act | 2012 |
| National Commission for Human Rights Act | 2012 |
| The Punjab Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace (Amendment) Act, | 2012, III of 2013 |
| The Sindh child marriages restraint act | 2013 |
| The Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act | 2013 |
| Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Bill | 2013 |
| Hindus Marriages Bill | 2014 |
| The Balochistan Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act | 2014 |
| The Punjab child marriage restraint (amendment) Act | 2015 |
| The Punjab Social Protection Authority Act | 2015 |
| Balochistan Child Protection Act | 2016 |
| Criminal law (second amendment) Act | 2016 |
| The Punjab Protection of Women against Violence Act | 2016 |
| The Punjab Restriction on Employment of Children Act | 2016 |
| The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) Cyber Crime act | 2016 |
| Child Rights Commission Act | 2017 |
| Transgender Rights Protection Bill | 2017 |
| Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Act | 2019 |
| United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was established | 1946 |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in Paris on 10 December | 1948 |
| Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | 1948 |
| International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination | 1965 |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights enforced on, | 23 March 1976 |
| The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enforced in | 1976 |
| Human Rights Watch American NGO. | 1976 |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women | 1979 |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Adopted 20th November 1989 Enforced on; | 2 Sep 1990 |
| International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families | 18 Dec 1990 |
| UNCHR new name of Human Rights Council, established on | 15 Mar 2006 |
| Universal Periodic Review (UPR) | 2006 |
| Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 13 December (2006), enforced on; | 3 May 2008 |
