Constitution 1973 § Article 249 — Legal proceedings

Statutory text (English)

(1) Any legal proceedings which, but for the Constitution, could
have been brought by or against the Federation in respect of a matter which, immediately before the
commencing day, was the responsibility of the Federation and has, under the Constitution, become the
responsibility of a Province, shall be brought by or against the Province concerned; and if any such
legal proceedings were pending in any court immediately before the commencing day then, in those
proceedings, for the Federation the Province concerned shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been
substituted.

(2) Any legal proceedings which, but for the Constitution, could have been brought by or
against a Province in respect of a matter which, immediately before the commencing day, was the
responsibility of the Province and has under the Constitution become the responsibility of the
Federation, shall be brought by or against the Federation; and if any such legal proceedings were
pending in any court immediately before the commencing day then, in those proceedings, for the
Province the Federation shall, as from that day, be deemed to have been substituted.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 249: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 127, 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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