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