86. Power to authorize expenditure when Assembly stands dissolved.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions relating to financial matters, at any
time when the National Assembly stands dissolved, the Federal Government may authorize
expenditure from the Federal Consolidated Fund in respect of the estimated expenditure for a period
not exceeding four months in any financial year, pending completion of the procedure prescribed in
Article 82 for the voting of grants and the authentication of the schedule of authorized expenditure in
accordance with the provisions of Article 83 in relation to the expenditure.
87. Secretariats of MajliseShoora (Parliament). ___ (1) Each House shall have a separate
Secretariat:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall be construed as preventing the creation of posts
common to both Houses.
(2) 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] may by law regulate the recruitment and the conditions of
service of persons appointed to the secretarial staff of either House.
(3) Until provision is made by 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] under clause (2), the Speaker or, as
the case may be, the Chairman may, with the approval of the President, make rules2 regulating the
recruitment, and the conditions of service, of persons appointed to the secretarial staff of the National
Assembly or the Senate.
88. Finance Committee .___ (1) The expenditure of the National Assembly and the Senate within
authorised appropriations shall be controlled by the National Assembly or, as the case may be, the
Senate acting on the advice of its Finance Committee.
(2) The Finance Committee shall consist of the Speaker or, as the case may be, the Chairman, the
Minister of Finance and such other members as may be elected thereto by the National Assembly or,
as the case may be, the Senate.
(3) The Finance Committee may make rules3 for regulating its procedure.
Ordinances
89. Power of President to promulgate Ordinances.__(1) The President may, except when the
4[Senate or] National Assembly is in session, if satisfied that circumstances exist which render it
necessary to take immediate action, make and promulgate an Ordinance as the circumstances may
require.
(2) An Ordinance promulgated under this Article shall have the same force and effect as an Act
of 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] and shall be subject to like restrictions as the power of 1[Majlise
Shoora (Parliament)] to make law, but every such Ordinance—
(a) shall be laid—
1 Subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O. No. 14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch., for "Parliament".
2 For the National Assembly Secretariat (Recruitment) Rules, 1973, see Gaz. of Pak.. 1973, Ext., PartII, pp. 22792286.
For the Senate Secretariat (Recruitment) Rules, 1973, see ibid., pp. 23012307.
3 For the National Assembly (Finance Committee) Rules, 1973, see Gaz. of Pakistan, 1973, Ext., Part II, pp. 24512454.
For the Senate (Finance Committee) Rules, 1973, see ibid., pp. 24792482.
4 Ins. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 27.
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