| 2. | Amendment of the Schedule, Chief Executive's Order No. 24 of 2002.- In the Legal
         Framework Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 24 of 2002), in the Schedule, -
 
         
         
            | (1) | in column (1), in serial number 3 relating to Article 51, in column (3), in clause (4), - 
               
               
                  | (i) | in sub-clause (d), for the semi-colon at the end a colon shall be
                     substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be inserted,
                     namely:- 
                        "Provided that for the purpose of this sub-clause the
                           total number of general seats won by a political party shall
                           include the independent returned candidate or candidates
                           who may duly join such political party within three days of
                           the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the
                           returned candidates"
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                  | (ii) | in sub-clause (e), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be
                     substituted, , namely:- 
                        "Provided that for the purpose of this sub-clause the
                           total number of general seats won by a political party shall
                           include the independent returned candidate or candidates
                           who may duly join such political party within three days of
                           the publication in the official Gazette of the names of the
                           returned candidates:"
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            | (2) | in column (1),in serial number 7 relating to Article 63, in column (3), in clause
               (1), in sub-clause (b), in paragraph (r), for the full stop, inverted commas and
               semi-colon at the end, a semi-colon and the word "; or " shall be substituted and
               thereafter the following paragraph shall be added and shall be deemed always to
               have been so added, namely:- 
                  ; and
                  
                  
                     | "(s) | he is for the time being disqualified from being elected
                        or chosen as a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)
                        or of a Provincial Assembly under any law for the time
                        being in force." |  |  
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            | (3) | in column (1), in serial number 14 relating to Article 106, in column (3), in
               clause (3), in sub-clause (c), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be
               substituted, namely:- 
                  "Provided that for the purpose of this sub-clause,
                     the total number of general seats won by a political party
                     shall include the independent returned candidate or
                     candidates who may duly join such political party within
                     three days of the publication in the official Gazette of the
                     names of the returned candidates:"
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            | (4) | in column (1), after serial number 17 and the entries relating thereto in columns
               (2) and (3), the following new serial numbers and the entries relating thereto
               shall be inserted, namely:- 
                  
                     | 17A | 179 | In clause (1), for the words "sixty-five years"
                        the words "sixty-eight years" shall be substituted. |  
                     | 17B | 193 | In clause (2), for the words "forty years" the
                        words "forty-five years" shall be substituted. |  
                     | 17C | 195 | In clause (1), for the words "sixty-two years" the
                        words "sixty-five years" shall be substituted. |  |  |