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Discretionary Power

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Discretionary Power 

the authority granted by the law to a head of state or government or other high official to act on his own discretion under certain conditions, for instance, in an emergency situation. Widely practiced in bourgeois states, the granting of discretionary power to state and administrative agencies, individual officials, and judges is an expression of the crisis of bourgeois legality. For instance, in 1968 the Federal Republic of Germany adopted the so-called emergency laws granting wide discretionary powers to the government.



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PESHAWAR, October 03, 2009 (Balochistan Times): NWFP Minister for Health Syed Zahir Ali Shah has said that the governor of the Province would be changed with the consultation of the coalition partner PPP, adding, the discretionary power in this regard was with President Asif Ali Zardari.
Regarding these concerns when Provincial law Minister Rana Sanaullah was contacted, he stated that legal capacity of Punjab medical ordinance 2003 was intact, as it has been approved by the parliament, however CM Punjab has allowed concession in rules under his discretionary powers, in accordance of which contract doctors have been regularized, however these appointments will be made by PPSC in future.
But the rules give councils discretionary powers to choose whether or not to include the value of a person's home in their means test.
 
 
 
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