Constitution

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

Other provisions relating to Senate

Article 61

Amended by 1st Amendment (1974) · 10th Amendment (1987) · 18th Amendment (2010)

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The provisions of clauses (2) to (7) of Article 53, clauses

(2)

and (3) of Article 54 and Article 55 shall apply to the Senate as they apply to the National Assembly and, in their application to the Senate, shall have effect as if references therin to the National Assembly, Speaker and Deputy Speaker, were references, respectively, to the Senate, Chairman and Deputy Chairman 1[and as if, in the proviso to the said clause (2) of Article 54, for the words 2[one hundred and thirty] the words 3[one hundred and ten] were substituted]. Provisions as to Members of 4[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)]

Amendment notes (4)›
  1. 1Added by the Constitution (First Amdt.) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), section 5 (with effect from the 14th May, 1974).
  2. 2Substituted by the Constitution (Tenth Amdt.) Act, 1987 (1 of 1987), section 3, which was previously amended by President's Order No. 24 of 1985, Article 2.
  3. 3Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), section 19 for “ninety”.
  4. 4See footnote 9 on page 5, supra.

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Article 61 of the Constitution
With heading
Article 61 of the Constitution (Other provisions relating to Senate)
In full
Article 61, 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 55