Constitution 1973 § Article 127 — Provisions relating to National Assembly, etc

Statutory text (English)

, to apply to Provincial Assembly, etc.
Subject to the Constitution, the provisions of clauses

(2) to

(8) of Article 53, clauses

(2) and

(3) of
Article 54, Article 55, Articles 63 to 67, Article 69, Article 77, Article 87 and Article 88 shall apply to
and in relation to a Provincial Assembly or a committee or members thereof or the Provincial
Government, but so that—
(a) any reference in those provisions to 1[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)], a House
or the National Assembly shall be read as a reference to the Provincial
Assembly;
(b) any reference in those provisions to the President shall be read as a reference to
the Governor of the Province;
(c) any reference in those provisions to the Federal Government shall be read as a
reference to the Provincial Government;
(d) any reference in those provisions to the Prime Minister shall be read as a
reference to the Chief Minister;
(e) any reference in those provisions to a Federal Minister shall be read as a
reference to a Provincial Minister; 1[*]
(f) any reference in those provisions to the National Assembly of Pakistan shall be
read as a reference to the Provincial Assembly in existence immediately before
the commencing day 2[; and]
3[(g) the said clause

(2) of Article 54 shall have effect as if, in the proviso thereto, for
the words “one hundred and thirty” the word 4[one hundred] were substituted.]
Ordinances

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 127: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 62, 63, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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