Legislation Process as per Pakistan’s Constitution

For a bill to turn into law in Pakistan, it goes through a legislative process in each Parliament

House. This process is structured according to the Constitution of Pakistan and the Rules of

Process of the significant house, and includes twelve or thirteen stages. Only if the two houses

pass a bill and it gets the President's consent, then it can turn into a Law, except for a money bill,

which is the sole privilege of the National Assembly.

The steps to entry include Bill’s introduction, a first perusing, the stage of selecting a committee,

a second reading, a third reading, and then the President’s consent. In general, the Article 70 of

the Constitution of Pakistan gives the following guidelines for introducing and passaging bill:

(1) A Bill regarding any issue in the Federal Legislative List may start in either House and

will, if it’s passed by the House where it began, be sent to the next House; and, if the

Bill is passed without alteration, by the other House additionally, it will be introduced

to the President for consent.

(2) If a Bill is communicated to a House under statement (i) is passed with changes it will

be sent back to the House where it started and if that House passes the Bill with those

changes, it will be introduced to the President for consent.

(3) In the event that a Bill communicated to a House under Clause (1) is dismissed or isn't

passed in ninety days of its laying in the House or a Bill forwarded to a House under

Clause (2) with changes isn't passed by that House with such revisions, the Bill, in line

with the House in which it began, will be considered in a joint sitting and whenever

passed by the votes of most of the individuals present and casting a vote in the joint

sitting, it will be introduced to the President for consent.

A.    Types and Forms of Bills

In general, there are two types of bills: new legislation supported by Government ministries are

known as Government bills and bills that begin with a Member of Parliament are called private

member’ bills. Both can be passed by a majority.

A Money Bill is a type of Government Bills that respond to issues of incomes and expenses, and

it initially begins in the National Assembly. According to the Constitution of Pakistan, a bill or

amendment is esteemed to be a money bill if it comprise of the provisions that deals with the

below mentioned matters:

(a) The obligation, elimination, remission, amendment or guidelines of any tax;

(b) The getting of cash, or the giving of any assurance, by the Federal government, or the

alteration of the law identifying with the money related commitments of that

Government

(c) The authority of the Federal Consolidated Fund, the installment of cash into, or the

issue of cash from, that Fund

(d) The obligation of a charge upon the Federal Consolidated Fund, or the elimination or

change of any such charge

(e) The receipt of cash because of the Public Account of the Federation, the authorization

or issue of such funds

(f) The audit of the records of the Federal Government or a Provincial Government; and

(g) Any issue coincidental to any of the issues indicated in the former passages.

If any inquiry emerges with regards to whether a bill is a Money Bill, the choice of the Speaker

of the National Assembly decides the issue. It is the privilege of the National Assembly to pass

the money bill with or without consolidating suggestions of the Senate.