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THE SUPREME COURT (NUMBER OF JUDGES) ACT, 1997 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
1.  Short title and commencement 
2.  Maximum number of Supreme Court Judges other than Chief Justice 
 
  
 

                                                                           
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THE SUPREME COURT (NUMBER OF JUDGES) ACT, 1997 
ACT NO. XXXIII OF 1997 
[1st November, 1997] 
An Act to determine the number of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan 
 WHEREAS Article 176 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan provides that 
the Supreme Court of Pakistan shall consist of a Chief Justice and so many other judges as may be 
determined by Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament); 
 AND WHEREAS it is appropriate that the number of judges of the Supreme Court is 
determined by Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) as required by the Constitution; 
 It is hereby enacted as follows:⸻ 
 1. Short title and commencement.⸻(1) This Act may be called the Supreme Court (Number 
of Judges) Act, 1997. 
 (2) It shall come into force at once. 
 1[2. Maximum number of Supreme Court Judges other than Chief Justice. ⸻ The 
maximum number of Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan other than the Chief Justice shall be up 
to thirty-three.] 
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1Subs. by Act No. XXX of 2024, s.2.