PART V
Relations Between Federation and Provinces
CHAPTER 1. – DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS
141. Extent of Federal and Provincial laws. Subject to the Constitution, 1[Majlis
eShoora (Parliament)] may make laws (including laws having extraterritorial
operation) for the whole or any part of Pakistan, and a Provincial Assembly may make
laws for the Province or any part thereof.
142. Subjectmatter of Federal and Provincial laws. Subject to the Constitution
—
(a) 1[MajliseShoora (Parliament)] shall have exclusive power to make laws with
respect to any matter in the Federal Legislative List;
2[(b) MajliseShoora (Parliament) and a Provincial Assembly shall have power
to make laws with respect to criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence;]
3[(c) Subject to paragraph (b), a Provincial Assembly shall, and MajliseShoora
(Parliament) shall not, have power to make laws with respect to any matter
not enumerated in the Federal Legislative List;]
4[(d) MajliseShoora (Parliament) shall have exclusive power to make laws with
respect to all matters pertaining to such areas in the Federation as are not
included in any Province.]
5[143. Inconsistency between Federal and Provincial laws. If any provision of an
Act of a Provincial Assembly is repugnant to any provision of an Act of Majlise
Shoora (Parliament) which Majlise Shoora (Parliament) is competent to enact, then
the Act of Majlise Shoora (Parliament), whether passed before or after the Act of the
Provincial Assembly, shall prevail and the Act of the Provincial Assembly shall, to the
extent of the repugnancy, be void.]
1 Subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 order, 1985 (P.O. No. 14 of 1985), Art. 2 and Sch., for "Parliament".
2Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s. 49, for "Paragraph (b)".
3 Subs. ibid.,. for "Paragraph (c)".
4 Subs. ibid., for "Paragraph (d)".
5 Subs. ibid., s. 50 for "Article 143".
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