Constitution 1973 § Article 265 — Title of Constitution and commencement

Statutory text (English)

(1) This Constitution shall be known as the
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

(2) Subject to clauses

(3) and

(4), the Constitution shall come into force on the fourteenth day
of August, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-three or on such earlier day as the President may,
by notification in the official Gazette, appoint, in the Constitution referred to as the “commencing
day”.

(3) The Constitution shall, to the extent necessary—
(a) for the constitution of the first Senate;
(b) for the first meeting of a House or a joint sitting to be held;
(c) for the election of the President and the Prime Minister to be held; and
(d) to enable any other thing to be done which, for the purposes of the Constitution,
it is necessary to do before the commencing day,
come into force upon the enactment of the Constitution, but the person elected as President or Prime
Minister shall not enter upon his office before the commencing day.

(4) Where by the Constitution a power is conferred to make rules or to issue orders with respect
to the enforcement of any provision thereof, or with respect to the establishment of any court or office,
or the appointment of any Judge or officer there-under, or with respect to the person by whom, or the
time when, or the place where, or the manner in which, anything is to be done under any such provision,
then that power may be exercised at any time between the enactment of the Constitution and its
commencement.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 265: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 133, 134, 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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