Provisional Constitutional Order

Provisional Constitutional Order
Provisional Constitutional Order
Martial law
Territorial extent	Whole of State of Pakistan
Enacted by	Martial law
Administered by	Chief Martial Law Administrator
White paper	Constitution Petition No. 8 & 9 of 2009
Legislative history
Introduced by	Zia regime
Introduced	25 March 1981
First reading	14 October 1999
Second reading	7 November 2007
Related legislation
	18th Amendment
	Status: Not fully in force

The Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) is an emergency and extra-constitutional order that suspends either wholly or partially the Constitution of Pakistan — the supreme law of the land.^[1]

The PCO acts as a temporary order while the constitution is held in abeyance or suspension.^[2] These orders have mostly been enforced during times of martial law imposed by the armed forces of the country against the civilian governments.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Omar, Imtiaz (2002). Emergency powers and the courts in India and Pakistan. England: Kluwer Law International. ISBN 904111775X.
^ Lau, Martin (2005). The role of Islam in the legal system of Pakistan ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). The Hague [u.a.]: Kluwer Law International. ISBN 9004149279.

[KLI-1] Omar, Imtiaz (2002). Emergency powers and the courts in India and Pakistan. England: Kluwer Law International. ISBN 904111775X.

[Kluwer_Law_Internat.-2] Lau, Martin (2005). The role of Islam in the legal system of Pakistan ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). The Hague [u.a.]: Kluwer Law International. ISBN 9004149279.

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