PakistanPK
Article 163 — Provincial taxes in respect of professions, etc. ................................ ........... 87
51 words
Verbatim text
such limits as may from time to time be fixed by Act of 1[Majlis -e-Shoora
(Parliament)], on persons engaged in profes sions, trades, callings or
employments, and no such Act of the Assembly shall be regarded as
imposing a tax on income.
Miscellaneous Financial Provisions
164. Grants out of Consolidated Fund
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- The index files this text under article 163 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 1. – FINANCE — Distribution of Revenues between the Federation and the Provinces”.
- The row is titled “Provincial taxes in respect of professions, etc. ................................ ........... 87”.
- The passage runs to about 51 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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