Constitution

Part IV · Provinces · The Provincial Governments

Advocate-General for a Province

Article 140

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English · authoritative

(1)

The Governor of each Province shall appoint a person, being a person qualified to be appointed a Judge of the High Court, to be the Advocate-General for the Province.

(2)

It shall be the duty of the Advocate-General to give advice to the Provincial Government upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may be referred or assigned to him by the Provincial Government.

(3)

The Advocate-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor 1[and shall not engage in private practice so long as he holds the office of the Advocate-General].

(4)

The Advocate-General may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign his office.

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Urdu · official translation (2018)

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Amendment notes (2)›
  1. 1Added ibid., section 47.
  2. 2Existing Article 140A stands omitted as a consequence of the (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), see section 2.

How to cite

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Article 140 of the Constitution
With heading
Article 140 of the Constitution (Advocate-General for a Province)
In full
Article 140, 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