Constitution 1973 § Article 271 — First National Assembly

Statutory text (English)

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution
but subject to 6[Article 63,] Article 64 and Article 223,—
6[(a) the first National Assembly shall consist of—
(i) persons who have taken oath in the National Assembly of Pakistan
existing immediately before the commencing day, and
(ii) the persons to be elected in accordance with law by the members of the
Assembly to fill the seats referred to in clause (2A) of Article 51,
and, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue until the fourteenth day of August, one thousand
nine hundred and seventy-seven; and reference to ‘total membership’ of the National Assembly
in the Constitution shall be construed accordingly;]
(b) the qualifications and disqualifications for being elected and being a member of
the first National Assembly shall, except in case of members filling casual
vacancies 6[, or to be elected to the additional seats referred to in clause (2A) of
Article 51,] after the commencing day, be the same as under the Interim
Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan:

Provided that no person holding an office of profit in the service of Pakistan shall continue to
be a member of the first National Assembly after the expiration of three months from the commencing
day.

(2) If a person referred to in paragraph (a) of clause

(1) is, immediately before the commencing
day, also a member of a Provincial Assembly, he shall not take a seat in the National Assembly or the
Provincial Assembly until he resigns one of his seats.

(3) A casual vacancy in a seat in the first National Assembly, including a vacancy in a sea tin
the National Assembly of Pakistan existing before the commencing day which was not filled before
that day, caused by reason of death or resignation of a member or consequent upon his incurring a
disqualification or ceasing to be a member as a result of the final decision of an election petition may
be filled in the same manner in which it would have been filled before the commencing day.

(4) A person referred to in paragraph (a) of clause

(1) shall not sit or vote in the National
Assembly until he has made the oath prescribed by Article 65 and, if, without the leave of the Speaker
of the National Assembly granted on reasonable cause shown, he fails to make the oath within twenty
one days from the day of the first meeting of the Assembly, his seat shall become vacant at the
expiration of that period.

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 271: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 139, 140, 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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