Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 — Article 151

151. Inter-Provincial trade..—(1) Subject to clause (2), trade, commerce and intercourse throughout Pakistan shall be free.

(2)2[Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] may by law impose such restrictions on the freedom of trade, commerce or intercourse between one Province and another or within any part of Pakistan as may be required in the public interest.

(3)A Provincial Assembly or a Provincial Government shall not have power to

(a)make any law, or take any executive action, prohibiting or restricting the entry into, or the export from, the Province of goods of any class or description, or

(b)impose a tax which, as between goods manufactured or produced in the Province and similar goods not so manufactured or produced, discriminates in favour of the former goods or which, in the case of goods manufactured or produced outside the Province discriminates between goods manufactured or produced in any area in Pakistan and similar goods manufactured or produced in any other area in Pakistan. 1 Omitted. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (Act No. X of 2010), s. 53. 2 Subs. by the Revival of the Constitution of 1973 Order, 1985 (P.O. No.14 of 1985), Art.2 and Sch.

(4)An Act of a Provincial Assembly which imposes any reasonable restriction in the interest of public health, public order or morality, or for the purpose of protecting animals or plants from disease or preventing or alleviating any serious shortage in the Province of any essential commodity shall not, if it was made with the consent of the President, be invalid. 152. Acquisition of land for Federal purposes. The Federation may, if it deems necessary to acquire any land situate in a Province for any purpose connected with a matter with respect to which 1 [Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] has power to make laws, require the Province to acquire the land on behalf, and at the expense, of the Federation or, if the land belongs to the Province, to transfer it to the Federation on such terms as may be agreed or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by an arbitrator appointed by the Chief Justice of 2[Federal Constitutional Court]. CHAPTER 3. – SPECIAL PROVISIONS 152A. [National Security Council.] Omitted by the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act 2003 (3 of 2003), s. 5, which was previously ins. by C.E's. O. No. 24 of 2002, Art. 3 and Sch., as amended by various enactments.