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of law as to the interpretation of the Government of India Act, 1935, or the Indian Independence Act, 1947, including any enactment amending or supplementing the said Acts or any Order made under the said Acts.

CHAPTER II-THE HIGH COURTS

 165. Constitution of High Courts- (1) There shall be a High Court for each Province.

 (2) The High Court for the Provinces of East Bengal and West Pakistan functioning immediately before the Constitution Day shall be deemed to be High Court, under the Constitution, for the Provinces of East Pakistan and West Pakistan, respectively.

 (3) A High Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and such number of other Judges as the President may determine.

 166. Appointment of High Court Judges.- (1) Every Judge of a High Court shall be appointed by the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of Pakistan the Governor of the Province to which the appointment relates, and if the appointment is not that of the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the High Court of that Province..

 (2) Subject to Articles 169 and 173, a Judge of a High Court shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty years.

 (3) A person who has held office as a permanent Judge of a High Court shall not plead or act before that court or any court or authority within its jurisdiction.

 167. Qualifications of High Court judges.- (1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment of a Judge of a High Court unless he is a citizen of Pakistan and-

(a)  has been for at least ten years, an advocate or a pleader of a High Court, or of two more High Courts; or

(b)  is a member of the Civil Service of Pakistan of at least ten years standing, who has for at least three years served as, or exercised the powers, of a District Judge; or

(c)  has for at least ten years held a Judicial office in Pakistan:

 Provided that a person shall not be qualified for appointment as a permanent Chief Justice of a High Court unless-

(i)  he is, or when first appointed to a Judicial office, was, an advocate or a pleader in a High Court; or

(ii)  he has served for not less than three years as a Judge of a High Court in Pakistan;