1["Provided that in case there is no consensus between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the
Opposition, each shall forward separate lists to the Parliamentary Committee for consideration which
may confirm any one name."];
2[Provided 1[* * *] that the total strength of the Parliamentary Committee shall be twelve
members out of which onethird shall be from the Senate:]
Provided 1[further] that when the National Assembly is dissolved and a vacancy occurs in the
office of the Chief Election Commissioner, the 3[total membership of the Parliamentary committee
shall consist of] the members from the Senate only and the foregoing provisions of this clause shall,
mutatis mutandis, apply.]
(3) The Commissioner 4[or a member] shall have such powers and functions as are conferred on
him by the Constitution and law.
214. 5* Oath of Office. Before entering upon office, the Commissioner shall make before the
Chief Justice of Pakistan 6[, and a member of teh Election Commission shall before the
Commissioner,] oath in the form setout in the Third Schedule.
215. Term of office of Commissioner 7[and members]. (1) The Commissioner 6[and a member]
shall, subject to this Article, hold office for a term of 8[five] years from the day he enters upon his
office:
4["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 lot as to
which two members shall retire after the first two and a half years;
Provided also that term of office of a member appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall be the un
expired term of office of the member whose vacancy he has filled.]; and
9* * * * * * *
1 subs, Ins, Omitted by the Constitution (Nineteenth Amendment) Act, 2010 (1 of 2011) s. 6.
2 Subs, ibid., s.6, for "Proviso".
3 Subs. ibid., for words "Parliamentray Committee shall comprised.
4 Ins & Subs. by Act XXV of 2016.
5 The word "Commissioner's" omitted by the constitution (twentieth Amdt.) Act, 2012 (5 of 2012),s.3.
6 Ins. ibid., s.3,4 and 5.
7 Added ibid., s.4.
8 Subs. by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010),s.78, for__ three.
9 Proviso omitted, ibid.
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