Court of Appeal Act 2014
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Chapter 2 Appointment of Judges of Court of Appeal | ||
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Amendment of section 5 of Act of 1961 | ||
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11. Section 5 (amended by section 4 of the Courts and Court Officers Act 2002 ) of the Act of 1961 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (2)(a), by the substitution of “Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal” for “Supreme Court”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2)(b), by the substitution of “judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal” for “judge of the Supreme Court”, | ||
(c) in subsection (2)(c), by the substitution of “judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal” for “judge of the Supreme Court”, | ||
(d) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3): | ||
(3) An ordinary judge of the Supreme Court shall be qualified for appointment as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or as Chief Justice.”, | ||
(e) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4): | ||
(4) The President of the Court of Appeal shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court or as Chief Justice.”, | ||
(f) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (5): | ||
(5) An ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Supreme Court or as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or as Chief Justice.”, | ||
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(g) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (5): | ||
(6) The President of the High Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court or as President of the Court of Appeal or Chief Justice. | ||
(7) An ordinary judge of the High Court shall be qualified for appointment as an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal or of the Supreme Court or as President of the High Court, President of the Court of Appeal or Chief Justice.”. |