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FIFTH SCHEDULE

[Article 205]

Remuneration and Terms and Conditions of Service of Judges

The Supreme Court

1. There shall be paid to the Chief Justice of Pakistan a salary of Rs. 7,900 per mensem, and to every other Judge of the Supreme Court a salary of Rs. 7,400 per mensem.

2. Every Judge of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to such privileges and allowances, and to such rights in respect of leave of absence and pension, as may be determined by the President, and until so determined, to the privileges, allowances and rights to which, immediately before the commencing day, the Judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan were entitled.

3. The pension payable to a retired Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be less than Rs. 3,600 per mensem or more than Rs. 4,600 per mensem, depending on the length of his service as Judge in that Court or a High Court:

Provided that pension payable to a Judge of Supreme Court shall not be less favorable than that payable to him as such Judge, immediately before the commencing day.

4. The widow of a Judge of the Supreme Court shall be entitled to a pension at the following rates, namely -

(a) if the Judge dies after retirement Ð 50 percent of the net pension payable to him; or

(b) if the Judge dies after having rendered not less than three year's service as Judge and while still serving as such Ð 50 per cent of the pension admissible to him at the minimum rate.

5. The pension shall be payable to the widow for life or, if she remarries, until her marriage.

6. If the widow dies, the pension shall be payable--

(a) to the sons of the Judge who are less than twenty- one years of age, until they attain that age; and

(b) to the unmarried daughters of the Judge who are less than twenty- one years of age, until they attain that age or are married, whichever first occurs.

The High Court

1. There shall be paid to the Chief Justice of a High Court a salary of Rs 7,200 per mensem and to every other Judge of a High Court a salary of Rs. 6,500 per mensem.

2. Every Judge of a High Court shall be entitled to such privileges and allowances, and to such rights in respect of leave of absence and pension, as may be determined by the President, and until so determined, to the privileges, allowances and rights, to which, immediately before the commencing day, the Judges of the High Court were entitled.

3. The pension payable to a Judge of a High Court who retires after having put in not less than five years service as Judge shall not be less than Rs. 2,400 per mensem or more than Rs. 4,200 per mensem, depending on the length of his service as Judge and total service, if any, in the service of Pakistan.

4. The widow of a Judge of the High Court shall be entitled to a pension at the following rates, namely:-

(a) if the Judge dies after retirementÐ 50 per cent of the net pension payable to him; or

(b) if the judge dies after having rendered not less than five years service as Judge and while still serving as such - 50 per cent of the pension admissible to him at the minimum rate.

5. The pension shall be payable to the widow for life, or, if she remarries, until her marriage.

6. If the widow dies, the pension shall be payable--

(a) to the sons of the Judge who are less than twenty- one years of age, until they attain that age; and

(b) to the unmarried daughters of the Judge who are less than twenty- one years of age, until they attain that age or are married, whichever first occurs.