(5) Subject to clause (6) a member of the Islamic Council shall hold office for a period of three
years.
(6) A member may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office or may
be removed by the President upon the passing of a resolution for his removal by a majority of the
total membership of the Islamic Council.
229. Reference by 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)], etc., to Islamic Council. The President or
the Governor of a Province may, or if twofifths of its total membership so requires, a House or a
Provincial Assembly shall, refer to the Islamic Council for advice any question as to whether a
proposed law is or is not repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam.
230. Functions of Islamic Council. (1) The functions of the Islamic Council shall be
(a) to make recommendations to 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] and the Provincial
Assemblies as to the ways and means of enabling and encouraging the Muslims of
Pakistan to order their lives individually and collectively in all respects in accordance
with the principles and concepts of Islam as enunciated in the Holy Quran and Sunnah;
(b) to advise a House, a Provincial Assembly, the President or a Governor on any question
referred to the Council as to whether a proposed law is or is not repugnant to the
Injunctions of Islam;
(c) to make recommendations as to the measures for bringing existing laws into conformity
with the Injunctions of Islam and the stages by which such measures should be brought
into effect; and
(d) to compile in a suitable form, for the guidance of 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] and the
Provincial Assemblies, such Injunctions of Islam as can be given legislative effect.
(2) When, under Article 229, a question is referred by a House, a Provincial Assembly, the
President or a Governor to the Islamic Council, the Council shall, within fifteen days thereof, inform
the House, the Assembly, the President or the Governor, as the case may be, of the period within
which the Council expects to be able to furnish that advice.
(3) Where a House, a Provincial Assembly, the President or the Governor, as the case may be,
considers that, in the public interest, the making of the proposed law in relation to which the question
arose should not be postponed until the advice of the Islamic Council is furnished, the law may be
made before the advice is furnished:
Provided that, where a law is referred for advice to the Islamic Council and the Council advises
that the law is repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam, the House or, as the case may be, the Provincial
Assembly, the President or the Governor shall reconsider the law so made.
1 Subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O. No. 14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch., for "Parliament".
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