Section 127: Casual vacancy

127. Casual vacancy.—(1) When, before the expiration of the term of the office of a Member elected to the Senate, his seat becomes vacant or is declared vacant or his election to the Senate is declared void, the Commission shall, by notification in the official Gazette, call upon the Members of the Provincial Assembly 1[or the National Assembly], as the case may be, to elect a person for the purpose of filling the vacancy on such date as may be specified in the notification; and the provisions of this Act and the Rules shall apply, in relation to the election of a Member to fill the vacancy. (2) When the seats of two or more Members, who were elected to the Senate by a Provincial Assembly, 1[or the National Assembly], become vacant, as the case may be, and whose term of office was due to expire on the same day become vacant simultaneously, elections to fill such seats may be held together. (3) When the seats of two or more Members, who were elected to the Senate by a Provincial Assembly 1[or the National Assembly] and whose term of office was due to expire on different dates become vacant simultaneously, elections to fill such seats may be held separately.

Effective date: 2017-10-02

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