The Constitution of Pakistan, 1973 Developed by Zain Sheikh

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Footnotes:

1.  Item 21 of the schedule to P.O. No. 14 of 1985, substituted Art. 99, in its present form, (w.e.f. March 2, 1985),  in place of the said Art. as adopted in 1973, that read :

“99. Conduct of business of Federal Government.–(1) Orders and other instruments made and executed in the name of the President shall be authenticated in such manner as may be specified in rules to be made by the Federal Government, and the validity of an order or instrument which is so authenticated shall not be called in question on the ground that it is not an order or instrument made or executed by the President.

(2)  The Federal Government may regulate the allocation and transaction of its business and may for the convenient transaction of that business delegate any of its functions to officers or authorities subordinate to it.”

2. Section 31(i) of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), substituted the said words, in place of the word “President” occurring for the first time and the words “in the name of the President” in place of the words “in his name”, in clause (2) of Art. 99, (w.e.f. April 19, 2010).

3. Section 31(ii) of the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), substituted clause (3) of Art. 99, in its present form, (w.e.f. April 19, 2010), in place of clause (3) as substituted by item 21 of the schedule to P.O. No. 14 of 1985, (w.e.f. March, 2, 1985), that read :

(3)  The President shall also make rules for the allocation and transaction of the business of the Federal Government.

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