157. Electricity.__(1) The Federal Government may in any Province construct or cause to be
constructed hydroelectric or thermal power installations or grid stations for the generation of
electricity and lay or cause to be laid interProvincial transmission lines 1[:]
2[Provided that the Federal Government, prior to taking a decision to construct or cause to be
constructed, hydroelectric power stations in any Province, shall consult the Provincial Government
concerned.];
(2) The Government of a Province may —
(a) to the extent electricity is supplied to that Province from the national grid, require supply
to be made in bulk for transmission and distribution within the Province;
(b) levy tax on consumption of electricity within the Province;
(c) construct power houses and grid stations and lay transmission lines for use within the
Province; and
(d) determine the tariff for distribution of electricity within the Province.
3[(3) In case of any dispute between the Federal Government and a Provincial Government in
respect of any matter under this Article, any of the said Governments may move the Council of
Common Interests for resolution of the dispute.].
158. Priority of requirements of natural gas. The Province in which a wellhead of natural gas
is situated shall have precedence over other parts of Pakistan in meeting the requirements from that
wellhead, subject to the commitments and obligations as on the commencing day.
159. Broadcasting and telecasting.__(1) The Federal Government shall not unreasonably refuse
to entrust to a Provincial Government such functions with respect to broadcasting and telecasting as
may be necessary to enable that Government—
(a) to construct and use transmitters in the Province; and
(b) to regulate, and impose fees in respect of, the construction and use of transmitters and the
use of receiving apparatus in the Province:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as requiring the Federal Government to
entrust to any Provincial Government any control over the use of transmitters constructed or
maintained by the Federal Government or by persons authorised by the Federal Government, or over
the use of receiving apparatus by person so authorised.
(2) Any functions so entrusted to a Provincial Government shall be exercised subject to such
conditions as may be imposed by the Federal Government, including, notwithstanding anything
contained in the Constitution, any conditions with respect to finance, but it shall not be lawful for the
Federal Government so to impose any conditions regulating the matter broadcast or telecast by, or by
authority of, the Provincial Government.
1 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s.58, for the full stop.
2 Proviso Ins. ibid.
3 New clause (3) added ibid.
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