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Article 249 — Legal proceedings ................................ ................................ ....................... 149

Article
249
Chapter
CHAPTER 4. – GENERAL
Index row title
Legal proceedings ................................ ................................ ....................... 149
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
40c3b087-99b4-48e1-89e7-1cf59c18fb18

184 words

Verbatim text

could have been brought by or against the Federation in respect of a matter which, immediately before the commencing day, was the responsibility of the Federation an d has, under the Constitution, become the responsibility of a Province, shall be brought by or against the Province concerned; and if any such legal proceedings were pending in any court immediately 150 before the commencing day then, in those proceedings, for the Federation the Province concerned shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been substituted. (2) Any legal proceedings which, but for the Constitution, could have been brought by or against a Province in respect of a matter which, immediately befor e the commencing day, was the responsibility of the Province and has under the Constitution become the responsibility of the Federation, shall be brought by or against the Federation; and if any such legal proceedings were pending in any court immediately before the commencing day then, in those proceedings, for the Province the Federation shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been substituted. 250. Salaries, allowances, etc., of the President, etc.

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 249 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 4. – GENERAL”.
  • The row is titled “Legal proceedings ................................ ................................ ....................... 149”.
  • The passage runs to about 184 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions pay and pensions — it sets pay, salary, allowance or pension terms (the words used: “Salaries”).

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