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As per Article 230 of the Constitution)
- The functions of the Islamic Council shall be:
- to make recommendations to Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) and the Provincial Assemblies
as to the ways and means of enabling and encouraging the Muslims of Pakistan to
order their lives individually and collectively in all respects in accordance with
the principles and concepts of Islam as enunciated in the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah;
- to advise a House, a Provincial Assembly, the President or a Governor on any question
referred to the Council as to whether a proposed law is or is not repugnant to the
Injunctions of Islam;
- to make recommendations as to the measures for bringing existing laws into conformity
with the Injunctions of Islam and the stages by which such measures should be brought
into effect; and
- to compile in a suitable form, for the guidance of Majlis-e-Shoora(Parliament) and
the Provincial Assemblies, such Injunctions of Islam as can be given legislative
effect.
- Where a House, a Provincial Assembly, the President or the Governor, as the case
may be, considers that, in the public interest, the making of the proposed law in
relation to which the question arose should not be postponed until the advice of
the Islamic Council is furnished, the law may be made before the advice is furnished:
Provided that, where a law is referred for advice to the Islamic Council and the
Council advises that the law is repugnant to the Injunctions of Islam, the House
or, as the case may be, the Provincial Assembly, the President or the Governor shall
reconsider the law so made.
- The Islamic Council shall submit its final report within seven years of its appointment,
and shall submit an annual interim report.The report, whether interim or final,
shall be laid for discussion before both Houses and each Provincial Assembly within
six months of its receipt, and [Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament)] and the Assembly,
after considering the report, shall enact laws in respect thereof within a period
of two years of the final report.
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