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Article 152 — Acquisition of land for Federal purposes ................................ ................... 78

Article
152
Chapter
CHAPTER 2. – ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN — FEDERATION AND PROVINCES
Index row title
Acquisition of land for Federal purposes ................................ ................... 78
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
acda7919-7987-4af2-a1e4-215605d28c63

125 words

Verbatim text

situate in a Province for any purpose connected with a matter with r espect to which 1[Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament)] has power to make laws, require the Province to acquire the land on behalf, and at the expense, of the Federation or, if the land belongs to the Province, to transfer it to the Federation on such terms as may be agreed or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan. 152A. [National Security Council .] Omitted by the Constitution (Seventeenth A mdt.) Ac t 2003 (3 of 2003), s. 5, which was previously ins. by C.E's. O. No. 24 of 2002, Art. 3 and Sch., as amended by various enactments. 153. Council of Common Interests

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  • The index files this text under article 152 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 2. – ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN — FEDERATION AND PROVINCES”.
  • The row is titled “Acquisition of land for Federal purposes ................................ ................... 78”.
  • The passage runs to about 125 words.

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