Article: 12 Protection against retrospective punishment
12. Protection against retrospective punishment.-(1) No law shall authorize the punishment of a person-
(a) for an act or omission that was not punishable by law at the time of the act or omission; or
(b) for an offence by a penalty greater than, or of a kind different from, the penalty prescribed by law for that offence at the time the offence was committed.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) or in Article 270 shall apply to any law making acts of abrogation or subversion of a Constitution in force in Pakistan at any time since the twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, an offence.
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Footnotes:
| Comparative Table of Article 12 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 : |
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Constitution of Pakistan 1962 :
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6(I.4) | ||
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Constitution of Pakistan 1956 :
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6 | ||
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Constitution of India 1950:
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20(1) | ||
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Government of India Act 1935:
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Leading & Latest Cases on Article 12 of the Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 :
| 1978 SCMR 292 | ABDUL REHMAN | THE STATE |
| PLD 2000 LAHORE 508 |
MRS. SHAHIDA FAISAL
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FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN AND 3 OTHERS
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| P L D 2001 KARACHI 283 | HUSSAIN ABDULLAH SALUM | THE STATE |
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ANWAR SAIFULLAH KHAN
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THE STATE AND 3 OTHERS
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CAPTAIN S.M. ASLAM
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THE STATE AND 2 OTHERS
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RANA ABDUL GHAFFAR
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ABDUL SHAKOOR AND 3 OTHERS
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JAN PERVEZ
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HAJI FAZAL HUSSAIN & ORS
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The Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 Developed by Zain Sheikh 
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