Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan

The Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan is a Federal Government institution, established under an Ordinance (XIV) of 1979. The Commission is headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan and comprises other members including the Chief Justice of Federal Shariat Court, Chief Justices of the High Courts, Attorney General for Pakistan, Secretary, Ministry of Law, Justice & Human Rights and Chairperson, National Commission on the Status of Women and four other members, one from each Province.

Function of the Commission.-

(1) The Commission shall study and keep under review on a continuing systematic basis the statutes and other laws with a view to making recommendations to the Federal Government and the Provincial Governments for the improvement, modernization and reform thereof and , in particular, for-

(i) Making or bringing the laws into accord with the changing needs of the society, consistent with the ideology of Pakistan and the concept of Islamic social justice;

(ii) Adopting of simple and effective procedure for the administration of laws to ensure substantial, inexpensive and speedy justice;

(iii) Arranging the codification and unification of laws in order to eliminate multiplicity of laws on the same subject;

(iv) Removing anomalies in the laws;

(v) Repealing obsolete or unnecessary provisions in the laws;

(vi) Simplifying laws for easy comprehension and devising steps to make the society law-conscious;

(vii) Introduction of reforms in the administration of justice; and

(viii) Removing inconsistencies between the laws within the legislative competence of Parliament and those within the legislative competence of a Provincial Assembly.

(2) The Commission shall take measures for

(a) developing and augmenting human resources for efficient court administration and case management;

(b) co-ordination of judiciary and executive; and

(c) preparing schemes for access to justice, legal aid and protection of human rights.

(3) The Commission shall administer and manage the Access to Justice Development Fund;

(4) The Commission shall study the present system of legal education and make recommendations to the Federal Government for improving the standard of legal education.

(5) The Federal Government or a Provincial Government may refer to the Commission any matter relevant to its functions for opinion and advice.

(6) The Commission may, with the approval of the Federal Government, enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Law Commission of any country or , as the case may be, with any legal or human rights body or
organization of any country to

(i) collaborate , cooperate and participate through consultation in carrying out legal research in connection with their respective
functions;

(ii) facilitate one another in the collection of data and materials in conducting legal research;

(iii) have bilateral and reciprocal exchange of reports , research material and other publications;

(iv) facilitate visits , training and exchange of delegates, members and officers of the respective Commissions or, as the case may be , the respective law or human rights body or organization; and

(v) mutually agree, on case by case basis , on financial arrangements for holding meetings undertaking exchange visits and other
activities as envisaged in the Memorandum of Understanding. Provided that the notification of any such Memorandum of Understanding shall be carried out with the approval of concerned Ministry of Federal Government.