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The Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, officially known as the Constitution (Twenty-third Amendment) Act, 2017, grants legal cover to military courts. The amendment was assented to by President Mamnoon Hussain in March 2017.
Increased the term appointed for quota system as per 1973 Constitution from 20 to 40 years. 1999 Full Text: 17th: Made changes dealing with the office of the President and the reversal of the effects of the Thirteenth Amendment. 2003 Full Text: 18th: Removed the power of President of Pakistan to dissolve the Parliament unilaterally.
In these amendments, the Twenty-Fifth amendment incorporated the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas into the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2024, the Twenty-Sixth Constitutional Amendment Act was enacted on October 21st, introducing landmark reforms to Pakistan's judicial system, with a focus on the Supreme Court and High Courts.
0–9. First Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Second Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Third Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
The Twenty-third Amendment may refer to the: Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1969 amendment relating to reserved seats in the parliament, including the abolition of tribal reservation for Nagaland; Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which permitted the state to recognise the International Criminal Court
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Twenty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan; Twenty-third Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan
Short title and commencement: This Act may be called the Constitution (Twenty First Amendment) Act, 2015. It shall come into force at once. The provisions of this Amendment Act shall remain in force for a period of two years from the date of its commencement and shall cease to form part of the Constitution and shall stand repealed on the expiration of the said period.
The Twenty-first amendment was challenged in May 2015 by senior lawyers Hamid Khan and Asma Jahangir in District Bar Association (Rawalpindi) v. Federation of Pakistan . However, their petitions were dismissed by a majority of 11 to 6, allowing for military courts to complete two consecutive two-year terms. [ 19 ]