Verbatim text
Article, hold office for a term of 11[five] years from the day he enters upon
his office:
12[Provided that two of the members shall retire after the expiration
of first two and a half years and two shall retire after the expiration of the
next two and a half years:
Provided further that the Commission shall for the first term of
office of members draw a l ot as to which two members shall retire after
the first two a half years:
1 Omitted by the Constitution (Twenty -second Amendment) Act, 2016 (XXV of 2016) , s 4.
2 Substituted by the Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 20 11 (1 of 2011) s. 6.
3 Omitted by the Constitution (Twenty -second Amendment) Act, 2016 (XXV of 2016) , s 4.
4 Substituted Ibid, s 4.
5 Substituted by the Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (1 of 2011) s. 6 for “Parliamentary
Committee shall co mprise” .
6 Ins. by the Constitution (Twenty -second Amendment) Act, 2016 (XXV of 2016) , s 4
7 Omitted by t he Constitution (Twentieth Amendment) Act, 2012 (V of 2012) , s.3.
8 Ins. Ibid, s 3.
9 Ins. Ibid, s 4.
10 Added Ibid, s 4.
11 Subs by the Constitut ion (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s 78, for “three”.
12 Substituted by the Constitution (Twenty -second Amendment) Act, 2016 (XXV of 2016) , s 5.
125 Provided also that the term of office of a member appointed to fill
a casual vacancy shall be the un -expired term of the office of the member
whose vacancy he has filled. ]
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(2) The Commissioner 2[or a member] shall not be removed
from office except in the manner prescribed in Article 209 for the removal
from office of a Judge and, in the application of the Article for the
purposes of this clause, any reference in that Article to a Judge shall be
construed as a reference to the Commissioner 1[or, as the case may be, a
member] .
(3) The Commissioner 3[or a member] may, by writing under
his hand addressed to the President, resign his office.
4[(4) Vacancy in the of fice of the Commissioner or a member
shall be filled within forty -five days.]
216. Commissioner 5[and members ] not to hold office of profit
What this means
- The index files this text under article 215 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 “Term of office of Commissioner [and members] ................................ ..... 124”.
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