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Article 165 — Exemption of certain public property from taxation ................................ 87
460 words
Verbatim text
or income, be liable to taxation under any Act of Provincial Assembly and,
subject to clause (2), a Provincial Government shall not, in respect of its
property or income, be liable to taxation under Act of 1[Majlis -e-Shoora
(Parliament)] or un der Act of the Provincial Assembly of any other
Province.
(2) If a trade or business of any kind is carried on by or on
behalf of the Government of a Province outside that Province, that
Government may, in respect of any property used in connection with t hat
trade or business or any income arising from that trade or business, be
taxed under Act of 1[Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament)] or under Act of the
Provincial Assembly of the Province in which that trade or business is
carried on.
(3) Nothing in this Artic le shall prevent the imposition of fees
for services rendered.
165A Power of Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament ) to impose tax on the
income of certain corporations, etc.
2 [165A. (1) For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that
1[Majlis -e-Shoora (Parl iament)] has, and shall be deemed always to have
had, the power to make a law to provide for the levy and recovery of a tax
2 Added by the Constitution (Arndt.) Order. 1985 (P. O. No. 11 of 1985), Art. 2.
88 on the income of a corporation, company or other body or institution
established by or under a Federal law or a Provincial law or an existing
law or a corporation, company or other body or institution owned or
controlled, either directly or indirectly, by the Federal Government or a
Provincial Government, regardless of the ultimate destination of such
income.
(2) All orders made, proc eedings taken and acts done by any
authority or person, which were made, taken or done, or pur ported to have
been made, taken or done, before the commence ment of the Constitution
(Amendment) Order, 1985, in exercise of the powers derived from any
law ref erred to in clause (1), or in execution of any orders made by any
authority in the exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid,
shall, notwithstanding any judgment of any court or tribunal, including the
Supreme Court and a High Court, be deemed to be and always to have
been validly made, taken or done and shall not be called in question in any
court, including the Supreme Court and a High Court, on any ground
whatsoever.
(3) Every judgement or order of any court or tribunal,
including the Suprem e Court and a High Court, which is repugnant to the
provisions of clause (1) or clause (2) shall be, and shall be deemed always
to have been, void and of no effect whatsoever.]
166. Borrowing by Federal Government
What this means
- The index files this text under article 165 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 “Exemption of certain public property from taxation ................................ 87”.
- The passage runs to about 460 words.
- Read plainly, it mentions assembly and association — it protects gathering together or joining a group, union or party (the words used: “Assembly”); it mentions property — it addresses property, possession, or taking property compulsorily (the words used: “property”).
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