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Article 230 — Functions of the Islamic Council ................................ ............................... 134
441 words
Verbatim text
(a) to make recommendations to 3[Majlis -e-Shoora
(Parliament) ] and the Provincial Assemblies as to the ways
and means of enabling and encouraging the Muslims of
Pakistan to order their lives individually and collectively in
all respects in accordance with the principles and concepts
of Islam as enunciated in the Hol y Quran and Sunnah;
(b) to advise a House, a Provincial Assembly, the President or
a Governor on any question referred to the Council as to
whether proposed law is or is not repugnant to the
Injunctions of Islam;
(c) to make recommendations as to the measures fo r bringing
existing laws into conformity with the Injunctions of Islam
1 Subs by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 85, for “four”.
2 Subs. by the Constitution (Third Amdt.) Order, 1982 (P. O . No. 13 of 1982), Art. 2, for "clause (4)".
135 and the stages by which such measures should be brought
into effect; and
(d) to compile in a suitable form, for the guidance of 1[Majlis -
e-Shoora (Parliament)] and the Provincial Asse mblies, such
Injunctions of Islam as can be given legislative effect.
(2) When, under Article 299, a question is referred by a House,
a Provincial Assembly, the President or a Governor to the Islamic Council,
the Council shall, within fifteen days thereof , inform the House, the
Assembly, the President or the Governor, as the case may be, of the period
within which the Council expects to be able to furnish that advice.
(3) Where a House, a Provincial Assembly, the President or the
Governor, as the case may be, considers that, in the public interest, the
making of the proposed law in relation to which the question arose should
not be postponed until the advice of the Islamic Council is furnished, the
law may be made before the advice is furnished :
Provided that, where a law is referred for advice to the Islamic
Council and the Council advises that the law is repugnant to the
Injunctions of Islam, the House or, as the case may be, the Provincial
Assembly, the President or the Governor shall reconsider the la w so made.
(4) The Islamic Council shall submit its final report within
seven years of its appointment, and shall submit an annual interim report.
The report, whether interim or final, shall be laid for discussion before
both Houses and each Provincial As sembly within six months of its
receipt, and 1[Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament)] and the Assembly, after
considering the report, shall enact laws in respect thereof within a period
of two years of the final report.
231. Rules of procedure
What this means
- The index files this text under article 230 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
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- The row is titled “Functions of the Islamic Council ................................ ............................... 134”.
- The passage runs to about 441 words.
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