Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947

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constitutional instrument interim constitution legal order

The Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947 was the legal instrument that established Pakistan’s initial constitutional framework at independence, replacing the colonial Government of India Act 1935 as the country’s interim basic law.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Provisional Constitution Order 1947	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional instrument ⓘ interim constitution ⓘ legal order ⓘ
aim	to adapt and modify pre‑existing colonial constitutional arrangements for Pakistan’s use ⓘ
appliedInJurisdiction	Pakistan ⓘ
basicLawStatus	interim basic law of Pakistan ⓘ
classification	foundational constitutional document of Pakistan ⓘ
constitutionalRole	regulated the governance of Pakistan immediately after independence ⓘ
country	Pakistan ⓘ surface form: Dominion of Pakistan
effectiveFrom	1947 ⓘ
field	constitutional law ⓘ
function	to provide Pakistan’s initial constitutional framework at independence ⓘ
governed	structure and powers of state institutions in early Pakistan ⓘ
governedBranch	executive branch of Pakistan ⓘ judicial branch of Pakistan ⓘ legislative branch of Pakistan ⓘ
historicalContext	created at the time of the partition of British India ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalContinuity	maintained continuity with the Government of India Act 1935 subject to modifications ⓘ
legalNature	order of the sovereign authority of Pakistan ⓘ
legalStatus	provisional ⓘ
legalSystem	common law tradition ⓘ
precededBy	colonial constitutional framework in British India ⓘ
referredToAs	Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947 ⓘ surface form: Provisional Constitution Order 1947
relatedTo	Independence Day of Pakistan ⓘ surface form: independence of Pakistan partition of India ⓘ
replaced	Government of India Act 1935 ⓘ surface form: Government of India Act 1935 (as applied to Pakistan)
scope	applied to the territories comprising the Dominion of Pakistan at independence ⓘ
subjectOf	constitutional history of Pakistan ⓘ
supersededBy	later constitutional arrangements of Pakistan ⓘ
timePeriod	early post-independence period of Pakistan ⓘ

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Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947 → referredToAs → Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Provisional Constitution Order 1947

Government of India Act 1935 → repealedBy → Pakistan (Provisional Constitution) Order 1947 ⓘ