Constitutional Provision

Constitutional Provision regarding Advocate-General for a Province

Article 140 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Advocate-General for a Province.

(1) The Governor of each Province shall appoint a person, being a person qualified to be appointed a Judge of the High Court, to be the Advocate-General for the Province.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Advocate-General to give advice to the Provincial Government upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may be referred or assigned to him by the Provincial government.

(3) The Advocate-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor [1] [and shall not engage in private practice so long as he holds the office of the Advocate-General].

(4) The Advocate-General may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign his office.

[1] Added by Constitution (Eighteenth Amendment) Act, 2010