5 Crl.P. No. 225 of 2023 from, the Federal Government or the Provincial Government concerned, or some officer empowered in this behalf by either of the two Governments. The legislature was mindful of the heinousness, gravity, and sensitivity of the offences, therefore, the above mechanism has been provided. According to the said section, cognizance can only be taken by a Court upon a complaint made by the Federal Government, the Provincial Government concerned or some officer empowered in this behalf in respect of the offences mentioned therein. As per Articles 90 and 129 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973 (“Constitution”), “Federal Government” consists of the Prime Minister and the Federal Ministers, whereas the “Provincial Government” consists of the Chief Minister and the Provincial Ministers, respectively. The word “Government” has been further interpreted by this Court on the basis of the stated constitutional provisions in Mustafa Impex.3 The principle of Delegatus Non-Potest Delegare is a Latin legal maxim that generally applied to the delegation of power or authority by one person or entity to another. According to this Maxim, if a person or entity to whom a power or authority is delegated, cannot himself further delegate that power or authority to someone else. However, such power can be delegated in circumstances where the law expressly permits to do so, or in the absence of a law, where the original delegation explicitly authorizes it. In such view of the matter, section 196 of the Code mandates that no person or authority other than the Federal Government or the Provincial Government or any officer empowered by the respective Governments in this behalf is competent to file a complaint in respect of the offences mentioned in section 196. Chapter XVI of the Code provides a forum and procedure for filing of a complaint and authorizes the Court to conduct a preliminary inquiry and, if need be, to investigate the matter in order to ascertain its veracity. If the Court finds that no case is to be made out from the material 3 Mustafa Impex and others v. Government of Pakistan and others; PLD 2016 SC 808