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- An interim constitutional order is a provisional legal instrument that temporarily governs a state's constitutional arrangements, often promulgated by an executive or transitional authority pending a permanent constit…
- How does an interim constitutional order differ from a constitutional amendment?
- What is the doctrine of necessity in relation to such orders?
- What were the provisional constitutions in Chinese Republican history?
- Can an interim constitution bind a permanent constitution?

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An interim constitutional order is a provisional legal instrument that temporarily governs a state's constitutional arrangements, often promulgated by an executive or transitional authority pending a permanent constitution.

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In October 1999, General Pervez Musharraf issued Pakistan's Provisional Constitution Order, suspending the 1973 Constitution; the Supreme Court validated it under the doctrine of state necessity in Zafar Ali Shah v. Pervez Musharraf (2000).

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