Notes for Part XII, Chapter 5

272

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 (with effect from March 2, 1985).

273

Inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), section 15 (with effect from May 8, 1974).

273A

Inserted by the Legal Framework Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 24), Art 3(1), sched. item 24.

274

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 (with effect from March 2, 1985).

275

Inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1974 (33 of 1974), section 15 (with effect from May 8, 1974).

276

Inserted by the Constitution (Fifth Amendment) Act, 1976 (62 of 1976), section 16 (with effect from September 1, 1976).

277

Inserted by the Constitution (Sixth Amendment) Act, 1976 (84 of 1976), section 5 (with effect from December 31, 1976).

278

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 (with effect from March 2, 1985).

279

Substituted by the Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1985 (P.O.No. 24 of 1985), section 6 (with effect from March 19, 1985) for clause (3), added by the Constitution (Second Amendment) Act, 1974 (49 of 1974), section 3 (with effect from September 17, 1974); it read:

"(3)

A person who does not believe in the absolute and unqualified finality of the Prophethood of Muhammad (Peace be upon him) the last of the Prophets, or claims to be a Prophet, in any sense of the word or of any description whatsoever, after Muhammad (Peace be upon him), or recognizes such a claimant as a prophet or a religious reformer, is not a Muslim for the purposes of the Constitution or law."