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Part V · Relations Between Federation and Provinces · Distribution of Legislative Powers

Power of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) to legislate for one or more Provinces by consent

Article 144

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Amended by 8th Amendment (1985) · 18th Amendment (2010)

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English · authoritative

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If 1[one] or more Provincial Assemblies pass resolutions to the effect that 2[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law regulate any matter not enumerated in 3[the Federal Legislative List] in the Fourth Schedule, it shall be lawful for 2[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] to pass an Act for regulating that matter accordingly, but any Act so passed may, as respects any Province to which it applies, be amended or repealed by Act of the Assembly of that Province.

4* * * * * * * C HAPTER 2.—A DMINISTRATIVE R ELATIONS B ETWEEN F EDERATION AND P ROVINCES .

Urdu · official translation (2018)

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Amendment notes (4)›
  1. 1Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), section 51, for “Two”.
  2. 2See footnote 9 on page 5, supra.
  3. 3Substituted by the Act No. 10 of 2010, section 51, for “either list”.
  4. 4Clause (2) omitted by the Constitution (Eighth Amdt.) Act, 1985 (18 of 1985), section 17.

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Article 144 of the Constitution
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Article 144 of the Constitution (Power of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) to legislate for one or more Provinces by consent)
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Article 144, 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 96