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(3) For the purpose of bringing the provisions of any existing law into accord with the provisions
of the Constitution (other than Part II of the Constitution), the President may by Order, within a
period of two years from the commencing day, make such adaptations, whether by way of
modification, addition or omission, as he may deem to be necessary or expedient, and any such Order
may be made so as to have effect from such day, not being a day earlier than the commencing day, as
may be specified in the Order.
(4) The President may 2authorise the Governor of a Province to exercise, in relation to the
Province, the powers conferred on the President by clause (3) in respect of laws relating to matters
with respect to which the Provincial Assembly has power to make laws.
(5) The powers exercisable under clauses (3) and (4) shall be subject to the provisions of an Act
of the appropriate Legislature.
(6) Any court, tribunal or authority required or empowered to enforce an existing law shall,
notwithstanding that no adaptations have been made in such law by an Order made under clause (3)
or clause (4), construe the law with all such��adaptations as are necessary to bring it into accord with
the provisions of the Constitution.
(7) In this Article, "existing laws" means all laws (including Ordinances, OrdersinCouncil,
Orders, rules, byelaws, regulations and Letters Patent constituting a High Court, and any
notifications and other legal instruments having the force of law) in force in Pakistan or any part
thereof, or having extraterritorial validity, immediately before the commencing day.
Explanation.–In this Article, "in force", in relation to any law, means having effect as law
whether or not the law has been brought into operation.
269. Validation of law, acts, etc.__ (1) All Proclamations, President's Orders, Martial Law
Regulations, Martial Law Orders and all other laws made between the twentieth day of December,
one thousand nine hundred and seventyone and the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine
hundred and seventy two (both days inclusive), are hereby declared notwithstanding any judgment
of any court, to have been validly made by competent authority and shall not be called in question in
any court on any ground whatsoever.
(2) All orders made, proceedings taken and acts done by any authority, or by any person, which
were made, taken or done, or purported to have been made, taken or done, between the twentieth
day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventyone, and the twentieth day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and seventytwo (both days inclusive), in exercise of the powers derived
from any President's Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, enactments, notifications,
rules, orders or byelaws, or in execution of any orders made or sentences passed by any authority in
the exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding any judgment of any
court, be deemed to be and always to have been validly made, taken or done and shall not be called
in question in any court on any ground whatsoever.
1 Clause (2) omitted ibid., s. 94.
2 For such authorization, see Gaz. of Pak., 1973, Ext., Pt. II, p. 2001.
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