(b) the members elected or chosen as members of the Senate shall be divided into two
groups by drawing of lots, the first group consisting of five members from each
Province, two members from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and one
member from the Federal Capital and the second group consisting of five members
from each Province, one member from the said Areas and one member from the
Federal Capital;
(c) the term of office of members of the first group and of the second group shall
respectively be two years and four years;
(d) the term of office of persons elected or chosen to succeed the members of the
Senate at the expiration of their respective terms shall be four years;
(e) the term of office of a person elected or chosen to fill a casual vacancy shall be the
unexpired term of the member whose vacancy he is elected or chosen to fill;
(f) as soon as the first general election to the National Assembly is held, there
shall be elected to the Senate four additional members from each Province and
two additional members from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; and
(g) the term of office of such half of the members elected under paragraph (f) as
may be determined by drawing of lots shall be the unexpired term of office of the
members of the first group and the term of office of the other half shall be the
unexpired term of the members of the second group.
1273. First Provincial Assembly. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Constitution, but subject to 2[Article 63,] Article 64 and Article 223,—
3[(a) the first Assembly of a Province under the Constitution shall consist of—
(i) the members of the Assembly of that Province in existence immediately before
the commencing day, and
(ii) the additional members to be elected in accordance with law by the members
of the Assembly to fill the seats referred to in clause (3) of Article 106,
and, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue until the fourteenth day of August, one
thousand nine hundred and seventyseven ; and reference "total membership" of the
Assembly of a Province in the Constitution shall be construed accordingly;]
1 Article 273 shall, during the period of five years from the 27th October, 1973, have effect as if, in clause (2) thereof, after the words "elections petitions", the words "or otherwise" were
ins., see. the Removal of Difficulties (Bar against Double Membership) Order, 1973 (P.O. No. 22 of 1973).
2 Ins. by the Constitution (Fourth Amdt.) Act, 1975 (71 of 1975), s. 11, (w.e.f. the 21st November, 1975).
3 Subs. ibid., (w.e.f. the 21st November, 1975).
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