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Article 197 — Additional Judges ................................ ................................ ....................... 103

Article
197
Chapter
CHAPTER 3. – THE HIGH COURTS
Index row title
Additional Judges ................................ ................................ ....................... 103
Source document
Pakistan Constitution
Provision ID
4c29ce45-57f1-4177-b408-dcf068c3f344

181 words

Verbatim text

(a) the office of a Judge of a High Court is vacant ; or 1 Subs. by Act No. 10 of 2010, s. 70, for the full -stop. 2 New proviso added ibid. 3 Article 195 subs. by the Constitution (Seventeenth Amdt.) Act, 2003 (3 of 2003), s.7 which was previously amended by various enactments ( see also Article 267B). 4 Subs. by P.O. No. 14 of 1985 Art. 2 and Sch., for certain words. (b) a Judge of a High Court is absent or is unable to perform the functions of his office due to any other cause ; or (c) for any reason it is necessary to increase the number of Judges of a High Court, the President may, in the manner provided in clause (1) of Article 193, appoint a person qualified for appointment as a Judge of the High Court to be Additional Judge of the Court for such period as the President may determine, being a period n ot exceeding such period, if any, as may be prescribed by law. 198. Seat of the High Court

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  • The index files this text under article 197 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
  • The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 3. – THE HIGH COURTS”.
  • The row is titled “Additional Judges ................................ ................................ ....................... 103”.
  • The passage runs to about 181 words.

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