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Article 112 — Dissolution of Provincial Assembly ................................ ............................. 61

Article
112
Chapter
CHAPTER 2. – PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES
Index row title
Dissolution of Provincial Assembly ................................ ............................. 61
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
800b226e-427c-4491-9cea-08de3cad82a1

177 words

Verbatim text

1[112. (1) The Governor shall dissolve the Provincial Assembly if so advised by the Chief Minister; and the Provincial Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved, stand dissolved at the expiration of forty -eight hours after the Chief Minister has so advised. Explanation .– Reference in this Article to ‘Chief Minister ’ shall not be construed to include reference to a Chief Minister against whom a notice of a resolution for a vote of no -confidence has been given in the Provincial Assembly but has not been voted upon or against whom a resolution for a vote of no -confidence has been passed . (2) The Governor may also dissolve the Provincial Assembly in his discretion, but subject to the previous approval of the President, where a vote of no -confidence having been passed against the Chief Minister, no other member of the Provincial Assembly commands the confidence of the majority of the members of the Provincial Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, as ascertained in a session of the Provincial Assembly summoned for the purpose.]

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 112 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 2. – PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES”.
  • The row is titled “Dissolution of Provincial Assembly ................................ ............................. 61”.
  • The passage runs to about 177 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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