PakistanPK
Article 159 — Broadcasting and telecasting ................................ ................................ ....... 82
313 words
Verbatim text
entrust to a Provincial Government such functions with re spect to
broadcasting and telecasting as may be necessary to enable that
Government —
(a) to construct and use transmitters in the Province; and
(b) to regulate, and impose fees in respect of, the construc tion
and use of transmitters and the use of receiving app aratus in
the Province:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as requiring
the Federal Government to entrust to any Provincial Government any
control over the use of transmitters constructed or maintained by the
Federal Government or by persons authorised by the Federal Government,
or over the use of receiving apparatus by person so authorised.
(2) Any functions so entrusted to a Provincial Government
shall be exercised subject to such conditions as may be imposed by the
Federal Governme nt, including, notwithstanding anything contained in the
Constitution, any conditions with respect to finance, but it shall not be
1 New clause (3) added ibid.
83 lawful for the Federal Government so to impose any conditions regulating
the matter broadcast or telecast by, or by authority of, the Provincial
Government.
(3) Any Federal law with respect to broadcasting and tele -
casting shall be such as to secure that effect can be given to the foregoing
provisions of this Article.
(4) If any question arises whether any conditions imposed o n
any Provincial Government are lawfully imposed, or whether any refusal
by the Federal Government to entrust functions is unreasonable, the
question shall be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief
Justice of Pakistan.
(5) Nothing in this Arti cle shall be construed as restricting the
powers of the Federal Government under the Constitution for the
prevention of any grave menace to the peace or tranquillity of Pakistan or
any part thereof.
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84 PART VI
Finance, Property, Contracts a nd Suits
160. National Finance Commission
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- The index files this text under article 159 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 3. – SPECIAL PROVISIONS — 152A. [Omitted ]”.
- The row is titled “Broadcasting and telecasting ................................ ................................ ....... 82”.
- The passage runs to about 313 words.
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