Constitution 1973 § Article 269 — Validation of law, acts, etc

Statutory text (English)

(1) All Proclamations, President's Orders, Martial Law
Regulations, Martial Law Orders and all other laws made between the twentieth day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and seventy-one and the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and
seventy- two (both days inclusive), are hereby declared, notwithstanding any judgment of any court,
to have been validly made by competent authority and shall not be called in question in any court on
any ground whatsoever.

(2) All orders made, proceedings taken and acts done by any authority, or by any person, which
were made, taken or done, or purported to have been made, taken or done, between the twentieth day
of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, and the twentieth day of April, one
thousand nine hundred and seventy-two (both days inclusive), in exercise of the powers derived from
any President's Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders, enactments, notifications, rules,
orders or bye-laws, or in execution of any orders made or sentences passed by any authority in the
exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid, shall, notwithstanding any judgment of any
court, be deemed to be and always to have been validly made, taken or done and shall not be called in
question in any court on any ground whatsoever.

(3) No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie in any court against any authority or any person
for or on account of or in respect of any order made, proceedings taken or act done whether in the
exercise or purported exercise of the powers referred to in clause

(2) or in execution of or in compliance
with orders made or sentences passed in exercise or purported exercise of such powers.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 269: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 135, 136, 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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