▁the ▁appointment . ▁ ▁In ▁response , ▁the ▁federal ▁Parliament ▁passed ▁an ▁am end ment ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Act , ▁which ▁declared ▁that ▁the ▁requirement ▁that ▁an ▁app o inte e ▁be ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Quebec ▁bar ▁also ▁included ▁former ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Bar . ▁ ▁The ▁federal ▁government ▁then ▁referred ▁the ▁issue ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁as ▁a ▁reference ▁question ▁under ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Act . ▁ ▁The ▁federal ▁government ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁requirement ▁that ▁Quebec ▁jud ges ▁be ▁appointed ▁from ▁among ▁the ▁bar ▁of ▁Quebec ▁included ▁former ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁bar . ▁ ▁The ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Act ▁and ▁the ▁Quebec ▁Se ats ▁on ▁the ▁Court ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁was ▁created ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 5 , ▁it ▁was ▁composed ▁of ▁six ▁jud ges , ▁two ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁required ▁to ▁be ▁appointed ▁from ▁the ▁superior ▁courts ▁of ▁Quebec ▁or ▁from ▁the ▁Bar ▁of ▁Quebec , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁ensure ▁representation ▁of ▁Quebec ' s ▁civil ▁law ▁juris diction ▁on ▁the ▁Court . ▁When ▁the ▁Court ▁was ▁expanded ▁to ▁nine ▁jud ges ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁Quebec ▁jud ges ▁was ▁increased ▁to ▁three . ▁ ▁This ▁provision ▁continues ▁to ▁apply ▁under ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁Act . ▁ ▁Section ▁ 5 ▁of ▁the ▁Act ▁holds ▁that , ▁in ▁general , ▁Court ▁app o inte es ▁must ▁either ▁have ▁been ▁members ▁of ▁a ▁provincial ▁superior ▁court , ▁or ▁must ▁have ▁at ▁least ▁ten ▁years ' ▁standing ▁at ▁a ▁provincial ▁bar . ▁Section ▁