(iii) export duties on cotton, and such other export duties as may be specified by the
President;
(iv) such duties of excise as may be specified by the President; and
(v) such other taxes as may be specified by the President.
1[(3A) The share of the Provinces, in each Award of National Finance Commission shall not be
less than the share given to the Provinces in the pervious Award.
(3B) The Federal Finance Minister and Provincial Finance Ministers shall monitor the
implementation of the Award biannually and lay their reports before both Houses of MajliseShoora
(Parliament) and the Provincial Assemblies.]
(4) As soon as may be after receiving the recommendations of the National Finance Commission,
the President shall, by 2Order, specify, in accordance with the recommendations of the Commission
under paragraph (a) of clause (2), the share of the net proceeds of the taxes mentioned in clause (3)
which is to be allocated to each Province, and that share shall be paid to the Government of the
Province concerned, and, notwithstanding the provision of Article 78 shall not form part of the
Federal Consolidated Fund.
(5) The recommendations of the National Finance Commission, together with an explanatory
memorandum as to the action taken thereon, shall be laid before both Houses and the Provincial
Assemblies.
(6) At any time before an Order under clause (4) is made, the President may, by Order, make
such amendments or modifications in the law relating to the distribution of revenues between the
Federal Government and the Provincial Governments as he may deem necessary or expedient.
(7) The President may, by Order, make grantsinaid of the revenues of the Provinces in need of
assistance and such grants shall be charged upon the Federal Consolidated Fund.
161. Natural gas and hydroelectric power. __ 3[(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article
78,__
(a) the net proceeds of the Federal duty of excise on natural gas levied at wellhead and
collected by the Federal Government and of the royalty collected by the Federal
Government, shall not form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund and shall be paid to the
Province in which the wellhead of natural gas is situated.
(b) the net proceeds of the Federal duty of excise on oil levied at wellhead and collected by
the Federal Government, shall not form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund and shall
be paid to the Province in which the wellhead of oil is situated.]
(2) The net profits earned by the Federal Government, or any undertaking established or
administered by the Federal Government from the bulk generation of power at a hydroelectric
station shall be paid to the Province in which the hydroelectric station is situated.
1 New Clauses (3A), (3B) Ins. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 59.
2 For such Order, see the Distribution of Revenues and GrantsinAid Order, 1975 (P. O. No. 2 of 1975).
3 Subs. by the Act 10 of 2010, s. 60 for "clause (1)".
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