Pakistan law · 1972
Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges Act, 1972
A Punjab statute defining the privileges of the Provincial Assembly, its Members and Committees, including breach offences, committee procedure and enforcement powers.
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The Provincial Assembly of the Punjab Privileges Act, 1972 provides for the privileges of the Provincial Assembly, its Members and its Committees. It addresses member immunities, Assembly precincts, witnesses and documents, breach of privilege, offences, procedure, appeals, and related institutional powers.
Sections 11, 11A, 11B and 11C create the statutory sequence relevant to a Judicial Committee: scheduled acts or omissions may constitute breach of privilege; a qualifying breach is an offence; the Committee on Privileges may make a reference; and a Speaker-notified Judicial Committee proceeds on receipt of that reference.
This page uses a 19-page consolidated research copy supplied to Shahbaz Shah Legal Journal. Its footnotes record amendments cited through 2024, but the official Punjab Laws Portal and any later Gazette notification must be checked before relying on the text in a live matter.
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Structure
Table of contents and important chapters
Scope, definitions and member protections
The Assembly, Committee, Judicial Committee, Assembly precincts and related terms, together with statutory protections for Members.
Assembly precincts, order and witnesses
Procedural protections, service restrictions, removal powers and the mechanism for summonses, records and evidence.
Breach of privilege and offences
Section 11, Section 11A and the Schedule of acts and omissions that may give rise to a breach offence.
Reference to the Judicial Committee
Sections 11B–11D: the Committee on Privileges, Judicial Committee jurisdiction, notice, evidence, execution and appeal.
Enforcement, rules and safeguards
Ordinary-law offences, attendance and arrest powers, summary proceedings, rules, amendment of the Schedule and indemnity.
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Important Articles and sections
Cognizance of offence
The Committee on Privileges' reference to the Judicial Committee when the statutory conditions are met.
Read Section 11BJurisdiction and procedure
The Speaker-notified Judicial Committee, notice, evidence, no-compulsion safeguard and execution of a sentence.
Read Section 11CAppeal
The statutory appeal to the Speaker within thirty days and finality provision.
Read Section 11DPrimary source
Official publication and local research copy
Local consolidated research copy supplied to the Journal; verify the official Punjab Laws Portal and any later Gazette amendment before reliance.
Last source verification: 2026-07-30
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