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Part III · The Federation of Pakistan · The Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)

Summoning and prorogation of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)

Article 54

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Amended by 4th Amendment (1975) · 10th Amendment (1987)

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1(1)

The President may, from time to time, summon either House or both Houses or 2[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] in joint sitting to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit and may also prorogue the same.

(2)

There shall be at least 3[three] sessions of the National Assembly every year, and not more than one hundred and twenty days shall intervene between the last sitting of the Assembly in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session:

Provided that the National Assembly shall meet for not less than one hundred and 4[thirty] working days in each year.

5[Explanation.–In this clause, ‘‘working days’’ includes any day on which there is a joint sitting and any period, not exceeding two days, for which the National Assembly is adjourned.]

(3)

On a requisition signed by not less than one-fourth of the total membership of the National Assembly, the Speaker shall summon the National Assembly to meet, at such time and place as he thinks fit, within fourteen days of the receipt of the requisition; and when the Speaker has summoned the Assembly only he may prorogue it.

Amendment notes (5)›
  1. 1Article 54, had, until the 31st day of December, 1973, effect as if the proviso to clause (2) thereof were omitted, see the Removal of Difficulties (Sittings of National Assembly) Order 1973 (President's Order No. 23 of 1973), Article 2.
  2. 2See footnote 9 on page 5, supra.
  3. 3Substituted by President's Order No. 14 of 1985, Article 2 and Schedule, for “two”.
  4. 4Substituted by the Constitution (Tenth Amdt.) Act, 1987 (1 of 1987), section 2, for “sixty” which was previously amended by President's Order No.14 of 1985, Article 2 and Schedule
  5. 5Explanation added by the Constitution (Fourth Amdt.) Act, 1975 (71 of 1975), section 6, (with effect from the 21st November, 1975).

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Article 54 of the Constitution
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Article 54 of the Constitution (Summoning and prorogation of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament))
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Article 54, 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 51