Provided that Parliament may by Act increase the number of other Judges beyond six.
149. Appointment of Judges of Supreme Court.-(1)A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court unless he is a citizen of Pakistan, and-
(a) has been for at least five years a Judge of a High Court or two or more High Courts in succession: or
(b) has been for at least fifteen years an advocate or a pleader of a High Court, or of two or more High Courts.
(3) For the purpose of computing any such period as is referred to in sub clause (a) of clause (2) there shall be included any period during which a person has been a Judge of a High Court in Pakistan before the Constitution Day.
(4) For the purpose of computing any such period as is referred to in sub clause (b) of clause (2) there shall be included any period during which a person was an advocate or a pleader of a High Court in Pakistan before the Constitution Day or of any High Court in British India.
150. Age of retirement and disabilities of Judges of Supreme Court.- (1) Subject to Articles 151 and 173, a Judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty-five years.
(2) A person who has held official as a permanent Judge of the Supreme Court shall not plead or act before any court or authority in Pakistan.
151. Removal of Judges of Supreme Court - (1) A Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President made after an address by National Assembly, supported by the majority of the total number of members of the Assembly and by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the members present and voting, has been presented to the President for the removal of the Judge on the ground of proved misbehavior or infirmity of mind or body:
Provided that no proceedings for the presentation of the address shall be initiated in the National Assembly unless notice of the motion to present the address is supported by not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Assembly.
(2) Parliament may by law prescribe the procedure for the presentation of an address and for the investigation and proof of misbehavior or infirmity of mind or body of a Judge, and until such a law is made the President may by order prescribe the said procedure.
