Constitution 1973 § Article 70 — Introduction and passing of Bills

Statutory text (English)

(1) A Bill with respect to any matter in the Federal
Legislative List may originate in either House and shall, if it is passed by the House in which it
originated, be transmitted to the other House; and, if the Bill is passed without amendment by the other
House also, it shall be presented to the President for assent.

(2) If a Bill transmitted to a House under clause

(1) is passed with amendments it shall be sent
back to the House in which it originated and if that House passes the Bill with those amendments it
shall be presented to the President for assent.

(3) If a Bill transmitted to a House under clause

(1) is rejected or is not passed within ninety
days of its laying in the House or a Bill sent to a House under clause

(2) with amendments is not passed
by that House with such amendments, the Bill, at the request of the House in which it originated, shall
be considered in a joint sitting and if passed by the votes of the majority of the members present and
voting in the joint sitting it shall be presented to the President for assent.

(4) In this Article and the succeeding provisions of the Constitution, "Federal Legislative List"
means the Federal Legislative List in the Fourth Schedule.]

Source and verification

Source citation: Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, Art. 70: Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN' (incl. 26th Amdt Act 2024 & 27th Amdt Act 2025), p. 44, 45, 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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