১৯৫৬ সালে পাকিস্তানের প্রথম শাসনতন্ত্র যার ২১৪ অনুচ্ছেদে বাংলাকে রাষ্ট্রভাষা করা হয়
(b) with respect to the dawes which are to be in force therein ;
(c) with respect to the jurisdiction, expenses or revenues of any court exercising the jurisdiction of a High Court therein ;
(d) with respect to apportionments and adjustments, of and in respect of assets and liabilities:
(e) for authorizing expenditure from the revenues of the Federation;
and
(f) with respect to other supplemental, incidental and consequential matters.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the Constitution, Parliament shall have power to make laws for the Federal Capital with respect to matters enumerated in the Provincial List and matters not enumerated in any List in the Fifth Schedule, other than matters relating to the High Courts.
212. Remuneration of President, Ministers, etc. not to be varied during their terms of office. The remuneration and other privileges of a person holding the office of President, Minister of the Federal or a Provincial Government, Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the National or a Provincial Assembly, Governor, Comptroller and Auditor General, member of a Public Service Commission, Election Commissioner, or Regional Election Commissioner, or member of the Delimitation Commission shall not be varied to his disadvantage during this term of office.
213. Protection to the President and the Governor – Neither the President nor the Governor of a Province, shall be answerable to any court for the exercise of powers and performance of duties of his office, or for any act done or purported to be done in the exercise of those powers and performance of those duties :
Provided that nothing in this Article shall be construed as restricting the right of any person to bring appropriate proceedings against the Federal Government or a Provincial Government.
214. State languages, —
(1) The State languages of Pakistan shall be Urdu and Bengali. Provided that for the period of twenty years from the Constitution Day English shall continue to be used for all official purposes for which it was used in Pakistan immediately before the Constitution Day, and Parliament may by Act provide for the use of English after the expiration of the said period of twenty years, for such purposes as may be specified in that Act.
(2) On the expiration of ten years from the Constitution Day, the President shall appoint a Commission to make recommendations for the replacement of English.
(3) Nothing in this Article shall prevent a Provincial Government from replacing English by either of the State languages for use in that Province before the expiration of the said period of twenty years.
সূত্র: ভাষা আন্দোলনের ইতিহাস ও দলিল – সাহিদা বেগম