# Article 177 — Appointment of Supreme Court Judges ................................ ..................... 96

- Jurisdiction: Pakistan (PK)
- Article: 177
- Chapter (as indexed): CHAPTER 2. – THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN
- Index row title: Appointment of Supreme Court Judges ................................ ..................... 96
- Source document: Pakistan Constitution
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## Verbatim text

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of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President in accordance
with Article 175A .].
1 Substituted by the Constitution (Nineteenth Ame ndment) Act, 2011 (1 of 2011) s. 4.
2 Inserted and re -numbered by Act 1 of 2011 s. 4.
4 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), s.68, for “clause (1)”.
97 (2) A person shall not be appointed a Judge of the Supreme
Court unless he is a citizen of Pakistan and—
(a) has for a period of, or for periods aggregating, not less than
five years been a judge of a High Court (including a High
Court which existed in Pakistan at any time before the
commencing day); or
(b) has for a period of, or for periods aggregating, not less than
fifteen years been an advocate of a High Court (including a
High Court which existed in Pakistan at any time before the
commencing day).
178. Oath of Office
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## What this means (mechanical reading aid, not legal advice)

- The index files this text under article 177 of the Constitution of Pakistan.
- The index files it under the chapter heading “CHAPTER 2. – THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN”.
- The row is titled “Appointment of Supreme Court Judges ................................ ..................... 96”.
- The passage runs to about 160 words.
- **Caveat:** No rights vocabulary from our fixed word list appears in this passage, so no plain-language reading is offered for it.

> This is a mechanical reading aid generated from the text above by matching words in it. It is not legal advice, not a lawyer’s interpretation, and not a substitute for the provision itself.

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Portable Lawyer · Article 177 of the Constitution of Pakistan (indexed as “Appointment of Supreme Court Judges ................................ ..................... 96”). of the Supreme Court shall be appointed by the President in accordance with Article 175A .]. 1 Substituted by the Constitution (Nineteenth Ame ndment) Act, 2011 (1 of 2011) s. 4.…