Verbatim text
5[130. (1) There shall be a Cabinet of Min isters, with the Chief
Minister at its head, to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his
functions.
1 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 41, for “three months”.
2 Subs. ibid., for “; and”.
3 Provisos Ins. ibid.
4 Subs. ibid., s. 42, for “Article 129”.
5 Subs. ibid., s. 43, for “Article 130”.
70 (2) The Provincial Assembly shall meet on the twenty -first day
following the day on which a general election to the Assembly is held,
unless soon er summoned by the Governor.
(3) After the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker,
the Provincial Assembly shall, to the exclusion of any other business,
proceed to elect without debate one of its members to be the Chief
Minister.
(4) The Chief Minister shall be elected by the votes of the
majority of the total membership of the Provincial Assembly:
Provided that, if no member secures such majority in the first poll,
a second poll shall be held between the members who secure s the two
highest num bers of votes in the first poll and the member who secures a
majority of votes of the members present and voting shall be declared to
have been elected as Chief Minister:
Provided further that, if the number of votes secured by two or
more members securin g the highest number of votes is equal, further polls
shall be held between them until one of them secures a majority of votes
of the members present and voting.
(5) The member elected under clause (4) shall be called upon
by the Governor to assume the of fice of Chief Minister and he shall,
before entering upon the office, make before the Governor oath in the
form set out in the Third Schedule:
Provided that there shall be no restriction on the number of terms
for the office of the Chief Minister.
(6) The Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to the
Provincial Assembly and the total strength of the Cabinet shall not exceed
fifteen members or eleven percent of the total membership of a Provincial
Assembly, whichever is higher:
Provided that the afor esaid limit shall be effective from the next
general elections after the commencement of the Constitution (Eighteenth
Amendment) Act, 2010.
(7) The Chief Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of
the Governor, but the Governor shall not exercise his powers under this
clause unless he is satisfied that the Chief Minister does not command the
confidence of the majority of the members of the Provincial Assembly, in
which case he shall summon the Provincial Assembly and require the
Chief Minister to o btain a vote of confidence from the Assembly.
71 (8) The Chief Minister may, by writing under his hand
addressed to the Governor, resign his office.
(9) A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is
not a member of the Provincial Assembly shal l, at the expiration of that
period, cease to be a Minister and shall not before the dissolution of that
Assembly be again appointed a Minister unless he is elected a member of
that Assembly.
(10) Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed as
disqualifying the Chief Minister or any other Minister for continu ing in
office during any period during which the Provincial Assembly stands
dissolved, or as preventing the appointment of any person as Chief
Minister or other Minister during any such perio d.
(11) The Chief Minister shall not appoint more than five
Advisors.]
What this means
- The index files this text under article 130 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 3. – THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS”.
- The passage runs to about 597 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 equality and non-discrimination — it requires equal treatment or forbids discrimination (the words used: “equal”).
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