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PAK-2010-L-88342
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Title_of_text
The Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act X of 2010).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Pakistan
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2010-04-20
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Repeals 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 the Legal Framework (Second Amendment) Order, 2002 (Chief Executive's Order No. 32 of 2002) as well as the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003.
In particular, the 18th amendment abolishes the Concurrent List, which allowed the federal and provincial governments to simultaneously promulgate the legislation in relation to Trade Union Industrial and Labour Disputes, welfare of labour, condition of the Labour etc. With the abolition of the concurrent list, only for the Provincial Government are constitutionally entitled to draft legislation in relation to Trade Unions and Industrial and Labour Disputes (See sections 75, 96 and 101).
In addition, the Act amends article 106 concerning the establishment and functioning of Provincial Assemblies. There are four in total, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (which before the amendment was known as the North West Frontier Province), Punjab and Sindh.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1973-04-12 (PAK-1973-C-33863)
The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Repealed Text region
Repealed text(s)
2003-12-31 (PAK-2003-L-67478)
Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003 (No. 2 of 2003).
Related Text region
Related text(s)
2011-07-16 (PAK-2011-L-88343)
Industrial Relations Ordinance 2011 (No. 5 of 2011).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
National Assembly of Pakistan
URL
http://www.na.gov.pk/
File
PAK88342.pdf (PDF)