Constitution 1973 § Article 270A — Affirmation of President’s Orders, etc

Statutory text (English)

(1) The Proclamation of the fifth day of
July, 1977, all President's Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders,
including the Referendum Order, 1984 (P.O. No. 11 of 1984), 4[* * * * * * *] the Revival of the
Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O. No. 14 of 1985), the Constitution (Second Amendment) Order,
1985 (P.O. No. 20 of 1985), the Constitution (Third Amendment) Order, 1985 (P.O. No. 24 of 1985),
and all other laws made between the fifth day of July, 1977, and the date on which this Article comes
into force are hereby affirmed, adopted and declared, notwithstanding any judgement of any court, to
have been validly made by competent authority and, notwithstanding anything contained in the
Constitution, shall not be called in question in any court on any ground whatsoever:

Provided that a President’ s Order, Martial Law Regulation or Martial Law Order made after
the thirtieth day of September, 1985, shall be confined only to making such provisions as facilitate, or
are incidental to, the revocation of the Proclamation of the fifth day of July, 1977.

(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 fifth day of
July, 1977, and the date on which this Article comes into force, in exercise of the powers derived from
any Proclamation, President’ s Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders,
enactments, notifications, rules, orders or bye-laws, or in execution of or in compliance with any order
made or sentence passed by any authority in the exercise or purported exercise of powers as aforesaid,
shall, notwithstanding any judgement 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) All President’ s Orders, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial Law Orders,
enactments, notifications, rules, orders, or bye-laws, in force immediately before the date * on which
this Article comes into force shall continue in force until altered, repealed or amended by competent
authority.

Explanation.— In this clause, “competent authority” means,—
(a) in respect of President’s Order’s, Ordinances, Martial Law Regulations, Martial
Law Orders and enactments, the appropriate Legislature; and
(b) in respect of notifications, rules, orders and bye-laws, the authority in which the
power to make, alter, repeal or amend the same vests under the law.

(4) No suit, prosecution 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.

(5) For the purposes of clauses

(1),

(2) and

(4), all orders made, proceedings taken, acts done
or purporting to be made, taken or done by any authority or person shall be deemed to have been made,
taken or done in good faith and for the purpose intended to be served thereby.
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(6) The laws referred to in clause

(1) may be amended by the appropriate Legislature in the
manner provided for amendment of such laws.

Explanation.— In this Article, “President’s Orders” includes “President and Chief Martial Law
Administrator’s Order” and “Chief Martial Law Administrator’s Orders.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 270A: 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, 137, 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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