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Article 127 — Provisions relating to National Assembly, etc., to apply to Provincial

Article
127
Chapter
CHAPTER 2. – PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES
Index row title
Provisions relating to National Assembly, etc., to apply to Provincial
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
7baf05c8-a2cf-453b-aecd-331d8944fc80

232 words

Verbatim text

Article 53, clauses (2) and (3) of Article 54, Article 55, Articles 63 to 67, Article 69 , Article 77, Article 87 and Article 88 shall apply to and in 68 relation to a Provincial Assembly or a committee or members thereof or the Provincial Government but so that — (a) any reference in those provisions to 1Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament)], a House or the National Assembly shall be read as a reference to the Provincial Assembly ; (b) any refe rence in those provisions to the President shall be read as a reference to the Governor of the Province; (c) any reference in those provisions to the Federal Government shall be read as a reference to the Provincial Government; (d) any reference in those provisi ons to the Prime Minister shall be read as a reference to the Chief Minister; (e) any reference in those provisions to a Federal Minister shall be read as a reference to a Provincial Minister ; 2* (f) any reference in those provisions to the National Assembly of Pakistan shall be read as a reference to the Provincial Assembly in existence immediately before the commencing day 3[; and] 4[(g) the said clause (2) of Article 54 shall have effect as if, in the proviso thereto, for the words "one hundred and thirty" the word “5[one hundred]” were substituted .] Ordinances 128. Power of Governor to promulgate Ordinances

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 127 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 2. – PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES”.
  • The row is titled “Provisions relating to National Assembly, etc., to apply to Provincial”.
  • The passage runs to about 232 words.
  • Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”).

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