Constitution 1973 § Article 280 — Continuance of Proclamation of Emergency

Statutory text (English)

The Proclamation of Emergency issued
on the twenty-third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-one, shall be deemed to
be a Proclamation of Emergency issued under Article 232, and for the purposes of clause

(7) and clause

(8) thereof to have been issued on the commencing day, and any law, rule or order made or purporting
to have been made in pursuance of that Proclamation shall be deemed to have been validly made 1[and
shall not be called in question in any Court on the ground of inconsistency with any of the rights
conferred by Chapter I of Part II. ]

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Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 280: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 144, 145, 146, 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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