Constitution

Part VIII · Elections · Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commission

Commissioner and members not to hold office of profit

Article 216

Amended by 18th Amendment (2010) · 22nd Amendment (2016)

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(1)

The Commissioner 1[or a member] shall not—

(a)

hold any other office of profit in the service of Pakistan; or

(b)

occupy any other position carrying the right to remuneration for the rendering of services.

(2)

A person who has held office as Commissioner 1[or a member] shall not hold any office of profit in the service of Pakistan before the expiration of two years after he has ceased to hold that office 2[.]

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Amendment notes (4)›
  1. 1Inserted by the Act No. 5 of 2012, section 5.
  2. 2Substituted by the Constitution (Twenty-Second Amdt.) Act, 2016 (25 of 2016), section 6, for full-stop.
  3. 3Proviso omitted ibid.
  4. 4Paragraph (b) omitted by the Constitution (Eighteenth Amdt.) Act, 2010 (10 of 2010), section 79.

How to cite

In a petition
Article 216 of the Constitution
With heading
Article 216 of the Constitution (Commissioner and members not to hold office of profit)
In full
Article 216, Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973

English text as amended up to 21 November 2025 (27th Amendment), published by Ministry of Law and Justice / National Assembly of Pakistan. The English text is authoritative. Official PDF, page 154