Constitution 1973 § Article 151 — Inter-Provincial trade

Statutory text (English)

(1) Subject to clause

(2), trade, commerce and intercourse
throughout Pakistan shall be free.

(2) 2[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law impose such restrictions on the freedom of
trade, commerce or inter course between one Province and another or within any part of Pakistan as
may be required in the public interest.

(3) A Provincial Assembly or a Provincial Government shall not have power to—
(a) make any law, or take any executive action, prohibiting or restricting the entry
into, or the export from, the Province of goods of any class or description, or
(b) impose a tax which, as between goods manufactured or produced in the
Province and similar goods not so manufactured or produced, discr iminates in
favour of the former goods or which, in the case of goods manufactured or
produced outside the Province discriminates between goods manufactured or
produced in any area in Pakistan and similar goods manufactured or produced
in any other area in Pakistan.

(4) An Act of a Provincial Assembly which imposes any reasonable restriction in the interest
of public health, public order or morality, or for the purpose of protecting animals or plants from
disease or preventing or alleviating any serious shortage in the Province of any essential commodity
shall not, if it was made with the consent of the President, be invalid.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 151: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 69, 70, 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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