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Article 151 — Inter -Provincial trade ................................ ................................ .................. 77

Article
151
Chapter
CHAPTER 2. – ADMINISTRATIVE RELATIONS BETWEEN — FEDERATION AND PROVINCES
Index row title
Inter -Provincial trade ................................ ................................ .................. 77
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
ed8960e3-ae65-4a39-9c0f-cd6dd4fef476

225 words

Verbatim text

throughout Pakistan shall be free. (2) 1[Majlis -e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law impose such restrictions on the freedom of trade, commerce or inter -course between one Province and another or within any part of Pakistan as may be required in the public interest. (3) A Provincial Assembly or a Provincial Government shall not have power to — (a) make any law, or take any executive action, prohibit ing or restricting the entry into, or th e export from, the Province of goods of any class or description, or (b) impose a tax which, as between goods manufactured or produced in the Province and similar goods not so manufactured or produced, discriminates in favour of the former goods or which, in the case of goods manu factured or produced outside the Province discrimi nates between goods manufactured or produced in any area in Pakistan and similar goods manufactured or produced in any other area in Pakistan. (4) An Act of a Provincial Assembly wh ich imposes any reasonable restriction in the interest of public health, public order or 78 morality, or for the purpose of protecting animals or plants from disease or preventing or alleviating any serious shortage in the Province of any essential commodity shall not, if it was made with the consent of the President, be invalid. 152. Acquisition of land for Federal purposes

What this means

  • The index files this text under article 151 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 “Inter -Provincial trade ................................ ................................ .................. 77”.
  • The passage runs to about 225 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: “discriminates”).

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