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Part IV · Provinces · The Provincial Governments

Conduct of business of Provincial Government

Article 139

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Amended by 18th Amendment (2010)

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English · authoritative

1[(1)

All executive actions of the Provincial Government shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Governor.

(2)

The 2[Provincial Government] shall by rules specify the manner in which orders and other instruments made and executed 3[in the name of Governor] shall be authenticated, and the validity of any order or instrument so authenticated shall not be questioned in any court on the ground that it was not made or executed by the Governor.

4[(3)

The Provincial Government shall also make rules for the allocation and transaction of its business.]]

Urdu · official translation (2018)

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Amendment notes (4)›
  1. 1Substituted by P. O. No. 14 of 1985, Article 2 and Schedule, for ‘‘Article 139’’.
  2. 2Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), section 46, for “Governor”.
  3. 3Substituted ibid., for “in his name”.
  4. 4Substituted ibid., for “clause (3)”.

How to cite

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Article 139 of the Constitution
With heading
Article 139 of the Constitution (Conduct of business of Provincial Government)
In full
Article 139, Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973

English text as amended up to 21 November 2025 (27th Amendment), published by Ministry of Law and Justice / National Assembly of Pakistan. The English text is authoritative. Official PDF, page 94