Part VIII · Elections · Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commission
Term of office of Commissioner and members
Article 215
Amended by 18th Amendment (2010) · 26th Amendment (2024)
Not sure what this means? Get it in simple words, in English and Urdu.
English · authoritative
The Commissioner 1[and a member] shall, subject to this Article, hold office for a term of 2[five] years from the day he enters upon his office:
3[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:
4[Provided further that the Commissioner and a member shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon the office:]
Provided 4[also] 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 the 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.]
5* * * * * * *
The Commissioner 6[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 7[or, as the case may be, a member].
The Commissioner 6[or a member] may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office.
Vacancy in the office of the Commissioner or a member shall be filled within forty-five days.]
Urdu · official translation (2018)
This article was changed after 31 May 2018. The official Urdu translation below does not include that change, so rely on the English text.