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· The .fQllowing Act ofMajlis-ecShooni' (Parliament) 1'eceived 'th'e assent of the
Presiden.t-on.the 27th :Tilly, 1991, alid is hereby •published fi~r general infQrmatiQn :;( !'I•
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Ae<r•No. XIV 01' 1-991
to f!111'?nd ,tile
(::onst~littiol\ ,qf 1he JslaiJJjc
Republic of Pakistan
WHEREAS it''is ~x~Ciiimt further
·amend' the C~ostitutimi of the Isiamic
Republic of"Pa~tilnT6~ ib'e purpb_~~~"reinafie'r ap~~}ir•g ;
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It is hereby enacted as follows :1.
Shott 'title, _com~e~~t'. and du~~oo.-\l) This Act may be called the
CdiistitutiQn (T~Ifth''#:lneod!hent) ~l:t, 1991.
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(2) It shall .£<),me into f()rce at QDce.
(3) The prQvi$ions of this Act, o!her th.a n those o,(.sectiQn 3, shall remain in
force fQr a perioo of three years and, Qn the expiration Qf the: said periQd, Article 2128
ip$erl~ by i! shaD ~s.e tQ,fopl) part. of the C<>n~fit\)tiQp ~nd ~~1\J sta,nd repealed .
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TH~ GAZETJ'E OF l'A.KJSTAN, £XlRA., JULY
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2. . .<d,diiioo, of ~w ~Cle 2128 in tbe Coas1itution.-Ii) the C:>.nstitlltion Of the
l$m1c Republic dfPakistiln, hereinafter refetred to as the Q~nstitutlon, in Part VII, in
·Chapter 4, after Article 112, thefollowing new Ar!icle shall be added,name,ly :·~ 128.. ,¥$1ablisbm~ of'S~ CourtS for Pial of heinqcJS offences.~.!)
f~t~gta~. ~ot~~sui"f~dy t~af,?t~s orPSt:se:n~l.ft.~~.~~W su~n'of tzy.e
1ie1nous olfences specified by) aw, as are referred' td. tbem liy the Federal
Government, or an authoritYj>~ Pf~!l~uthorised byjt,.in view of their being
gruesome, bruta! a:nd sen~ationa1 iii c.haracter or shocking to public morality,
the Federal Govemment may by law c~nstituie as ·many Special Courts as it
rqay oonsider necessary.
(2) Where the Federal Government constitute~ more than one Special
CoUit, it shall dete;;rune.the territoriai limits within which each one of them
shall exercise jurisdiction.
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(3) ASpecial Court shall consisl of a Judge, being a pcrSoll wbo is, or has
been, or is qualified for.appoihtment as, a Judge of a High Court and is
·appointed by the Federal Governmenl after consultation with 1he Chief
Justice of the High Cou~t.
\4) A person o~her thau ~ J\ldge of~ 'High Court who is ~ppointed as a
Judge ofa Special Court shall hold office for the period this Article remains in
force and shall not be removed from office except in the. manner prescribed in
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Article 209 for the removal from office of a Judge, :and, in the ·application of
the~.a i(! Article for the purposes of this clause, any reference·i n that Article to a
Judge shall be construed as a reference to a Judge of a Special Court.
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(5) The law referred to in clause (I) shall ma.ke provisio!) fot the
constitution of as ma,ny SU;preme Appellate Courts
the Federal
Government rna¥ CO!J.sider n~sary and for an app.lal against the sentence or
fi.n.al order of a Special Court being preferred to a ~lupreme Appellate Court
which shall consist of-
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(a) a Chairman, being a Jlldg~ of tlu~ Supreme Coun to be
nominated by ,(he.F.ederal Government .after consultation with
the Chief hst;ce of Pa~is\8in; and
(b) two.Judges of the fligh Courts to be nominated by the Federal
Government after consultation with the Cl!ief hstiee of the
Hlgh Court concerned.
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(6) Where. the Federal Government const1tutes more Jhan.onc Sllpfl!lnc
Appellate Cou·r t.it shall determine the tcrrito.riallinlits within.which each oM
of them sb.all exercise jurisdictiQn.
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(7). A Special Court and a Supreme AppeUate..C.ourtshall decide a case or,
as the case may be, an appeal withi.o thirty days.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Constitution, no court
shall exercise any jurisdiction wllatsoever in relation to any proceedings
before, or order or sentence passed by a Special Court or a Supreme Appellate
Colltt con.stituted under a law referred to in clause (I), except as provided in
such law.".
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Amendment of Fifth Schedlal~ to tbe Constitutioo.-fn the Constitution, in'tbe
fifth Schedule,(I )
in the Part relating to the Supreme Court.(a) in the
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for the figure "7,900" the f!gure ''9,900", and f9r the figure
"7,400" the figure "9,500'', shall b<! substituted ; and
(ii) after the words " per mensern". at the end, the commas and
words '' ,or such higher salary as the President may, from time
to time, determine" shall be ~dded : and
(b) ~for the third par4graph the followi:ng shall be substituted,
namcly:"3. 'The pension payable to a retired Judge of the Supreme
Court per mensem sltall not be less or more than the amount
specified in the t.able below, depending on the lenglh of his service
as Judge in that Court or a High Court:
Provided that the President may, from time to time, raise the
minimum or maximum amount of pen,sion so specified:Judge ,
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Chief Justice
Rs. 7,000
Rs, 8,000
Other Judge
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Rs. 7, !25"; and
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(i) for the figure "7,200" the f1g11re "9,400", and for the (igure
" 6,500'' the figure "8,400", shall be substituted; and
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(ii)'' after tnewbras '<per:me£~"/at'the eiid;tl\'~ cbnimas and
wor.ds'' 1;or sucli·liighe'r salary as ·the P~sidelil'may, from
time to time, .:letem1ine'' shall be a·dded; and
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"3. The pension payable per mense:m to a Judge of.a High
Court who retires after having put in not less than five yearsservice
as such Judge shall not be Jess or more·tban the am'ount specified in
the table below, depending on the length of his service as Judge
and total service; if. any, iii the.servioe or Pakistan:
Provided that the President may, from time to time, raise the
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Secretary.
PR INTED. BY T H oMANAGE.R .-PRINfJNG CORPORAT ION OF PIIKISTAN PRESS, ISLAMABAD
PUBLISfiED BY· TH E MANAGER OF PUBL ICATIONS. KARACHI.
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