Constitution

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

President’s assent to Bills

Article 75

Amended by 18th Amendment (2010)

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1[(1)

When a Bill is presented to the President for assent, the President shall, within 2[ten] days,–

(a)

assent to the Bill; or

(b)

in the case of a Bill other than a Money Bill, return the Bill to the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) with a message requesting that the Bill or any specified provision thereof, be reconsidered and that any amendment specified in the message be considered.

3[(2)

When the President has returned a Bill to the Majlise-Shoora (Parliament), it shall be reconsidered by the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) in joint sitting and, if it is again passed, with or without amendment, by the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), by the votes of the majority of the members of both Houses present and voting, it shall be deemed for the purposes of the Constitution to have been passed by both Houses and shall be presented to the President, and the President shall give his assent within ten days, failing which such assent shall be deemed to have been given.]

(3)

When the President has assented 4[or is deemed to have assented] to a Bill, it shall become law and be called an Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament).

(4)

No Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament), and no provision in any such Act, shall be invalid by reason only that some recommendation, previous sanction or consent required by the Constitution was not given if that Act was assented to in accordance with the Constitution.]

Amendment notes (4)›
  1. 1Substituted by President's Order No. 14 of 1985, Article 2 and Schedule, for “Article 75”.
  2. 2Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), section 26, for “thirty”.
  3. 3Subs ibid., for “clause (2)”.
  4. 4Inserted ibid.

How to cite

In a petition
Article 75 of the Constitution
With heading
Article 75 of the Constitution (President’s assent to Bills)
In full
Article 75, 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 67