(4) Where by the Constitution a power is conferred to make rules or to issue orders with respect
to the enforcement of any provision thereof, or with respect to the establishment of any court or
office, or the appointment of any Judge or officer thereunder, or with respect to the person by whom,
or the time when, or the place where, or the manner in which, anything is to be done under any such
provision, then that power may be exercised at any time between the enactment of the Constitution
and its commencement.
266. Repeal. The Interim Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, together with the
Acts and President's Orders making omissions from, additions to, modifications of, or amendments in,
that Constitution is hereby repealed.
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267. Power of President to remove difficulties.___ (1) At any time before the commencing day
or before the expiration of three months from the commencing day, the�� President may, for the
purpose of removing any difficulties, or for bringing the provisions of the Constitution into effective
operation, by Order, direct that the provisions of the Constitution shall, during such period as may
be specified in the Order, have effect, subject to such adaptations, whether by way of modification,
addition or omission, as he may deem to be necessary or expedient.
(2) An Order made under clause (1) shall be laid before both Houses without undue delay, and
shall remain in force until a resolution disapproving it is passed by each House or, in case of
disagreement between the two Houses, until such resolution is passed at a joint sitting.
1[267A. Power to remove difficulties. If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of
the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, hereinafter in this Article referred to as the Act,
or for bringing the provisions of the Act into effective operation, the matter shall be laid before both
Houses in a joint sitting which may by a resolution direct that the provisions of the Act shall, during
such period as may be specified in the resolution, have effect, subject to such adaptations, whether by
way of modification, addition or omission, as may be deemed necessary or expedient:
Provided that this power shall be available for a period of one year from the commencement of
the Act.
267B. Removal of doubt. For removal of doubt it is hereby declared that Article 152A omitted
and Articles 179 and 195 substituted by the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act
No. III of 2003), notwithstanding its repeal, shall be deemed always to have been so omitted and
substituted.]
268. Continuance in force, and adaptation of certain laws.__ (1) Except as provided by this
Article, all existing laws shall, subject to the Constitution, continue in force, so far as applicable and
with the necessary adaptations, until altered, repealed or amended by the appropriate Legislature.
1 New Articles 267A and 267B ins. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 93.
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