Sec. 17.3  Qualifications.
   The judges of said court shall be regularly licensed attorneys and counselors at law, licensed to practice in the State of Michigan and who shall have been admitted to the practice of law by the State Bar of Michigan prior to the primary election in which they file and shall possess such other qualifications as are prescribed in Act No. 5 of the Public Acts [of] 1956 of the State of Michigan, as amended, and in this charter for elective officers.