CONSTITUTION (TENTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1987

An Act to further amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan [Gazette of Pakistan, Extraordinary, Part I, 29th March, 1987]

Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the purposes hereinafter appearing :

It is hereby enacted as follows :-

1.

Short title and commencement.

(1)

This Act may be called the Constitution (Tenth amendment) Act,1987.

(2)

It shall come into force at once.

2.

Amendment of Article 54 of the Constitution.

In the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, hereinafter referred to as the Constitution, in Article 54, in clause (2) , in the proviso, for the word "sixty” the word "thirty" shall be substituted .

3.

Amendment of Article 61 of the Constitution.

In the Constitution, in Article 61, for the words "one hundred and sixty" the words "one hundred and thirty” shall be substituted.