Constitution 1973 § Article 270 — Temporary validation of certain laws, etc

Statutory text (English)

(1) 1[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may
by law made in the manner prescribed for legislation for a matter in Part I of the Federal Legislative
List validate all Proclamations, President's Orders, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders and
other laws made between the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine,
and the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and seventy - one (both days
inclusive).

(2) Notwithstanding a judgment of any court, a law made by 1[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)]
under clause

(1) shall not be questioned in any court on any ground, whatsoever.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause

(1), and a judgment of any court to the contrary,
for a period of two years from the commencing day, the validity of all such instruments as are referred
to in clause

(1) shall not be called in question before any court on any ground whatsoever.

(4) All orders made, proceedings taken, and acts done by any authority, or any person, which
were made, taken or done, or purported to have been made, taken or done, between the twenty-fifth
day of March, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine and nineteenth day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and seventy-one (both days inclusive), in exercise of 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 order made or sentence passed by any authority in the
exercise or purported exercise of power as aforesaid shall, notwithstanding any judgment of any court,
be deemed to be and always to have been validly made, taken or done, so however that any such order,
proceeding or act may be declared invalid by 1[Majlis-e- Shoora (Parliament)] at any time within a
period of two years from the commencing day by resolution of both Houses, or in case of disagreement
between the two Houses, by such resolution passed at a joint sitting and shall not be called in question
before any court on any ground, whatsoever.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 270: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 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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