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Part V
Relations Between Federation and Provinces
Chapter 1. DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS
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141.
Extent of Federal and Provincial laws.
- Subject to the Constitution, [144][Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament)] may make laws (including laws having
extra-territorial operation ) for the whole or any part of
Pakistan, and a Provincial Assembly may make laws for the Province
or any part thereof.
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142.
Subject-matter of Federal and Provincial laws.
- Subject to the Constitution-
- (a) [144]
[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] shall have exclusive power to make
laws with respect to any matter in the Federal Legislative List;
- (b) [144][Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament)], and a Provincial Assembly also, shall have power to
make laws with respect to any matter in the Concurrent Legislative
List;
- (c)A Provincial Assembly shall, and [144][Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament)] shall not, have power to make laws with respect to
any matter not enumerated in either the Federal Legislative List or
the Concurrent Legislative List; and
- (d) [144][Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament)] shall have exclusive power to make laws with respect
to matters not enumerated in either of the Lists for such areas in
the Federation as are not included in any Province.
- 143.Inconsistency between Federal and Provincial laws.
- If any provision of an Act of a Provincial Assembly is
repugnant to any provision of an Act of [144][Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)]
which [144][Majlis-e-Shoora
(Parliament)] is competent to enact, or to any provision of any
existing law with respect to any of the matters enumerated in the
Concurrent Legislative List, then the Act of [144][Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)],
whether passed before or after the Act of the Provincial Assembly,
or, as the case may be, the existing law, shall prevail and the Act
of the Provincial Assembly shall, to the extent of the repugnancy,
be void.
- 144.Power of [144][Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] to legislate for two or more Provinces by consent.
- (1) If two or more Provincial Assemblies pass resolutions to the effect that [144][Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law regulate any matter not enumerated in either List in the Fourth Schedule, it shall be lawful for [144][Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] to pass an Act for regulating that matter accordingly, but any act so passed may, as respects any Province to which it applies, be amended or repealed by Act of the Assembly of that Province.
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