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  "text": "Page 1 of 2 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE SUPREME COURT (NUMBER OF JUDGES) ACT, 1997 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nCONTENTS \r\n \r\n1.  Short title and commencement \r\n2.  Maximum number of Supreme Court Judges other than Chief Justice \r\n \r\n  \r\n \r\n\r\n                                                                           \r\nPage 2 of 2 \r\n \r\nTHE SUPREME COURT (NUMBER OF JUDGES) ACT, 1997 \r\nACT NO. XXXIII OF 1997 \r\n[1st November, 1997] \r\nAn Act to determine the number of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan \r\n WHEREAS Article 176 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan provides that \r\nthe Supreme Court of Pakistan shall consist of a Chief Justice and so many other judges as may be \r\ndetermined by Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament); \r\n AND WHEREAS it is appropriate that the number of judges of the Supreme Court is \r\ndetermined by Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) as required by the Constitution; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:⸻ \r\n 1. Short title and commencement.⸻(1) This Act may be called the Supreme Court (Number \r\nof Judges) Act, 1997. \r\n (2) It shall come into force at once. \r\n 1[2. Maximum number of Supreme Court Judges other than Chief Justice. ⸻ The \r\nmaximum number of Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan other than the Chief Justice shall be up \r\nto thirty-three.] \r\n_________ \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Subs. by Act No. XXX of 2024, s.2.",
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