Article 127: Provisions relating to National Assembly, etc., to apply to Provincial Assembly, etc. Ordinances

Subject to the Constitution, the provisions of clauses (2) to (8) of Article 53, clauses (2) and (3) of Article 54, Article 55, Articles 63 to 67, Article 69, Article 77, Article 87 and Article 88 shall apply to and in relation to a Provincial Assembly or a committee or members thereof or the Provincial Government, but so that – (a) any reference in those provisions to [Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)], a House or the National Assembly shall be read as a reference to the Provincial Assembly; (b) any reference in those provisions to the President shall be read as a reference to the Governor of the Province; (c) any reference in those provisions to the Federal Government shall be read as a reference to the Provincial Government; (d) any reference in those provisions to the Prime Minister shall be read as a reference to the Chief Minister; (e) any reference in those provisions to a Federal Minister shall be read as a reference to a Provincial Minister; * (f) any reference in those provisions to the National Assembly of Pakistan shall be read as a reference to the Provincial Assembly in existence immediately before the commencing day [; and] [(g) the said clause (2) of Article 54 shall have effect as if, in the proviso thereto, for the words “one hundred and thirty” the words [one hundred] were substituted.] Ordinances

Effective date: 1973-08-14

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