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Article 216 — Commissioner [and members] not to hold office of profit ...................... 125

Article
216
Chapter
CHAPTER 1. – CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER AND — ELECTION 1[COMMISSION ]
Index row title
Commissioner [and members] not to hold office of profit ...................... 125
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
2a5f2efc-1be0-41f4-a175-bca80119c62d

201 words

Verbatim text

(a) hold any other office of profit in the service of Pakista n; or (b) occupy any other position carrying the right to remu - neration for the rendering of services. (2) A person who has held office as Commissioner 7[or a member] shall not hold any office of profit in the service of Pakistan before the expiration of two years after he has ceased to hold that office 8[.] 9* * * * * * * * * 10* * * * * * * * * 1 Omitted, by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s 78 . 2 Ins. by the Con stitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 2012 (V of 2012) , s.3. 3 Ins. Ibid, s.3. 4 Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty -second Amendment) Act, 2016 (XXV of 2016) , s 5 5 Ins. by the Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 2012 (V of 2012) , s.5. 6 Ins. Ibid, s.5. 7 Ins. Ibid, s.5. 8 Substituted by the Constitution (Twenty -second Amendment) Act, 2016 (XXV of 2016) , s 6. 9 Omitted Proviso Ibid, s 6. 10 Omitted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s 7 9. 126 217. Acting Commissioner

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  • The index files this text under article 216 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 1. – CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER AND — ELECTION 1[COMMISSION ]”.
  • The row is titled “Commissioner [and members] not to hold office of profit ...................... 125”.
  • The passage runs to about 201 words.

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