Provinces of Packilvania

Legislative powers

Provinces are delegated legislative power by the Parliament of Packilvania through the passage of statutes that grant permission to the Provincial Government to enact laws o er specific areas of law. The Constitution of Packilvania gives the Parliament of Packilvania the authority to do this by way of an act of Parliament. As such, the act of Parliament for the delegation and reversal of powers to the Provincial Governments undergoes the same legislative procedure as would exist for other acts of Parliament. In sunmary: the act must be drafted as a Bill by a Minister of the Crown and presented to the Parliament for deliberation and a vote. This act must be passed by a 50% plus 1 majority of a quorum of the members of the Legislative Council and presented to the Sultan of Packilvania for Imperial Assent.

Every Provincial Government has a legislative branch. Each province chooses what they want to call these bodies but in practice most call them a Khanoniyat (an approximate translation of a legislature). As such, when the power to make law in an area is delegated by the Parliament of Packilvania, it is the Khanoniyat which has the power to pass provincial statute. These statutes are only applicable within the borders of that province and to the residents of the Province to the extent that this law does not violate national law or the Constitution.

The most important part of the devolution of legislative powers to the province is the Provincial Government Act. This law sets out the basic structure and powers of the governments of the provinces. It explicitly forbids the Provincial Government from passing a law violates the powers and rights of the National Government of Packilvania. It also forbids the Provincial Government from passing a law that a future sitting of the Khanoniyat cannot amend or repeal. The