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Article 143 — Inconsistency between Federal and Provincial law ................................ ... 74

Article
143
Chapter
CHAPTER 1. – DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS
Index row title
Inconsistency between Federal and Provincial law ................................ ... 74
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
7fb0e1c8-01ac-4652-b56d-ad207575a306

126 words

Verbatim text

5[143. If any provision of an Act of a Provincial Assembly is repugnant to any provision of an Act of Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament) which Majlis -e- Shoora (Parliam ent) is competent to enact, then the Act of Majlis -e- Shoora (Parliament), whether passed before or after the Act of the Provincial Assembly, shall prevail and the Act of the Provincial Assembly shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be void. ] 2 Subs. by the Constitution (Eight eenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 49, for “Paragraph (b)”. 3 Subs. ibid; for “Paragraph (c)”. 4 Subs. ibid; for “Paragraph (d)”. 5 Subs. ibid; s. 50 for “Article 143”. 75 144. Power o f Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament) to legislate for 1[One] or more Provinces by consent

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  • The index files this text under article 143 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 1. – DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS”.
  • The row is titled “Inconsistency between Federal and Provincial law ................................ ... 74”.
  • The passage runs to about 126 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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