President's Assent Received: April 19, 2010
A Bill further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
AND WHEREAS the people of Pakistan have relentlessly struggled for democracy and for attaining the ideals of a Federal, Islamic, democratic, parliamentary and modern progressive welfare State, wherein the rights of the citizens are secured and the Provinces have equitable share in the Federation;
AND WHEREAS it is necessary that the Legal Framework Order, 2002, as amended by the Chief Executive's Order No. 29 and the Chief Executive's Order No. 32 of 2002, be declared as having been made without lawful authority and of no legal effect, and the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2002 (Act No. III of 2003), be repealed and the Constitution further amended to achieve the aforesaid objectives;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
1. | Short title and commencement: (1) | This Act may be called the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 |
(2) It shall come into force at once, save as otherwise provided in this Act. | | 2. | Repeal, etc:
Subject to Article 264 and the provisions of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010, - (a) | the Legal Framework Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 24 of 2002), the Legal Framework (Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 29 of 2002) and hte Legal Framework (Second Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 32 of 2002), are hereby declared to have been made without lawful authority and of no legal effect and, therefore shall stand repealed; and | (b) | the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (Act No. III of 2003), is hereby repealed. | | | 3. | Amendment of Article 1 of the Constitution:
In the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,