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Supreme Court of Pakistan 2023 Interpretation of statutes- Sindh Sales Tax on Service Act, 2011 (‘the Act’),

2023 PTD 1419

Delegated legislation/Rules framed under a statute
SINDH REVENUE BOARD through Secretary Government of Sindh, Karachi and others
Appellant
VS
Messrs QUICK FOOD INDUSTRIES (PVT.) LIMITED and others
Respondent

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Delegated legislation—Delegated legislation is intended to enforce the law and advance the purpose of the underlying legislature, without overriding it and while minutiae could be filled in, the parent statute could neither be added to nor subtracted from.
Rules framed under a statute—Scope—If a rule goes beyond what the parent statute contemplates, it must yield to the statute.