What is legislation?

Legislation is law which has been promulgated by the legislature i.e. the Parliament. In Pakistan excluding other terrirotial bodies, the legislative bodies are National Assembly, Punjab Assembly, Balochistan Assembly, Sindh Assembly and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. A bill passed by the parliament is only enacted after it has received the assent of the President of Pakistan or the assent of the Governor of the relevant province. On receiving the assent that bill becomes an act aka legislation.

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What is legislation.pk?

Legislation.pk is a library which allows you to browse, read, share and print legislation. We track amendments and the promulgation of new legislations to allow our users to stay up to date in an ever changing field. Our aim is to provoke healthy legal discussions and to make available all the legislation at a click. Currently the site is being developed and will soon be boasting a state of the art Legal Discussions Forum along with other features.