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PART XI
Amendment of Constitution
- 238.Amendment of Constitution
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Subject to this Part, the Constitution may be amended by Act of
[255][Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament)].
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- [256]
- [239.Constitution Amendment Bill
- (1) A Bill to amend the Constitution may originate in either
House and, when the Bill has been passed by the votes of not less
than two-thirds of the total membership of the House, it shall be
transmitted to the other House.
- (2) If the Bill is passed without amendment by the votes of not
less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House to which
it is transmitted under clause (1), it shall, subject to the
provisions of clause (4), be presented to the President for assent.
- (3) If the Bill is passed with amendment by the votes of not
less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House to which
it is transmitted under clause (1), it shall be reconsidered by the
House in which it had originated, and if the Bill as amended by the
former House is passed by the latter by the votes of not less than
two-thirds of its total membership it shall, subject to the
provisions of clause (4), be presented to the President for assent.
- (4) A Bill to amend the Constitution which would have the
effect of altering the limits of a Province shall not be presented
to the President for assent unless it has been passed by the
Provincial Assembly of that Province by the votes of not less than
two-thirds of its total membership.
- (5) No amendment of the Constitution shall be called in
question in any court on any ground whatsoever.
- (6) For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that there
is no limitation whatever on the power of the Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament) to amend any of the provisions of the Constitution.]
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