(viii) Kurram Agency;
(ix) North Waziristan Agency; and
(x) South Waziristan Agency.
247. Administration of Tribal Areas.(1) Subject to the Constitution, the executive authority of
the Federation shall extend to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and the executive authority of
a Province shall extend to the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas therein.
(2) The President may, from time to time, give such directions to the Governor of a Province
relating to the whole or any part of a Tribal Area within the Province as he may deem necessary, and
the Governor shall, in the exercise of his functions under this Article, comply with such directions.
(3) No Act of 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] shall apply to any Federally Administered Tribal
Area or to any part thereof, unless the President so directs, and no Act of 1[MajliseShoora
(Parliament)] or a Provincial Assembly shall apply to a Provincially Administered Tribal Area, or to
any part thereof, unless the Governor of the Province in which the Tribal Area is situate, with the
approval of the President, so directs; and in giving such a direction with respect to any law, the
President or, as the case may be, the Governor, may direct that the law shall, in its application to a
Tribal Area, or to a specified part thereof, have effect subject to such exceptions and modifications as
may be specified in the direction.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution, the President may, with respect to
any matter within the legislative competence of 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)], and the Governor of
a Province, with the prior approval of the President, may, with respect to any matter within the
legislative competence of the Provincial Assembly make regulations for the peace and good
government of a Provincially Administered Tribal Area or any part thereof, situated in the Province.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution, the President may, with respect to
any matter, make regulations for the peace and good Goverance of a Federally Administered Tribal
Area or any part thereof.
(6) The President may, at any time, by Order, direct that the whole or any part of a Tribal Area
shall cease to be Tribal Area, and such Order may contain such incidental and consequential
provisions as appear to the President to be necessary and proper:
Provided that before making any Order under this clause, the President shall ascertain, in such
manner as he considers appropriate, the views of the people of the Tribal Area concerned, as
represented in tribal jirga.
(7) Neither the Supreme Court nor a High Court shall exercise any jurisdiction under the
Constitution in relation to a Tribal Area, unless 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] by law otherwise
provides:
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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