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Notes for Part I


1.
With effect from May 4, 1974 clauses (2) and (3) were substituted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), section 2, for clauses (2), (3) and (4) which read as follows:
"(2) The Constitution shall apply to the following territories of Pakistan:
(a) the Provinces of Baluchistan, the North-West Frontier, the Punjab and Sind;
(b) the Islamabad Capital Territory, hereinafter referred to as the Federal Capital;
(c) the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and
(d) such States and territories as are or may be included in Pakistan, whether by accession or otherwise.
(3) The Constitution shall be appropriately amended so as to enable the people of the Province of East Pakistan, as and when foreign aggression in that Province and its effects are eliminated, to be represented in the affairs of the Federation.
(4) Parliament may by law admit into the Federation new States or areas on such terms, and conditions as it thinks fit."
1A.
Substituted for the word "Baluchistan" by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Article 3.
1B.
Substituted for the words "the North-West Frontier" by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Article 3.
1C.
Substituted for the word "Sind" by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Article 3.

2.
On March 2, 1985 the words "Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)" were substituted by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O.No.14 of 1985) Art 2 and Sch item 1, for the word "Parliament", throughout the text of the Constitution.
3.
Article 2A was inserted by P.O.No.14 of 1985, Art.2 and Sch.item 2 (with effect from March 2, 1985).
4.
Substituted by P.O.No.14 of 1985, Art.2 and Sch.item 3 for the word "basic"(with effect from March 2, 1985).
4A.
Substituted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Article 4(i) for the following:
(1) Any person who abrogates or attempts or conspires to abrogate, subverts or attempts or conspires to subvert the Constitution by use of force or show of force or by other unconstitutional means shall be guilty of high treason.
4B.
Inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Article 4(ii).
4C.
Inserted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, Article 4(iii).
5.
The words "Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)" were substituted for the word "Parliament" by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O.No.14 of 1985) Art 2 and Sch item 1.

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