Constitution 1973 § Article 273 — First Provincial Assembly

Statutory text (English)

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
Constitution, but subject to 2[Article 63,] Article 64 and Article 223,—
2[(a) the first Assembly of a Province under the Constitution shall consist of—
(i) the members of the Assembly of that Province in existence immediately
before the commencing day, and
(ii) the additional members to be elected in accordance with law by the
members of the Assembly to fill the seats referred to in clause

(3) of
Article 106,
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 Assembly of a Province in the Constitution shall be
construed accordingly;]
(b) the qualifications and disqualifications for member-ship of the first Assembly of
a Province shall, except in case of members filling casual vacancies 2[, or to be
elected to the additional seats referred to in clause

(3) of Article 106,] after the
commencing day, be the same as were provided in 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 Assembly after the expiration of three months from the commencing day.

(2) A casual vacancy in a seat in the first Assembly of a Province, including a vacancy in a seat
in the Assembly of that Province in existence immediately 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.

(3) A member referred to in paragraph (a) of clause

(1) shall not sit or vote in the Provincial
Assembly until he has made the oath prescribed by Article 65 read with Article 127 and, if, without
leave of the Speaker of the Provincial 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 Provincial 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. 273: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 141, 142, 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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