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Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995
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Sittings of Supreme Court.

7.—Section 7 of the Act of 1961, is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subsections for subsections (3) and (4):

“(3) The Supreme Court may sit in two or more divisions and they may sit at the same time.

(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the Chief Justice or, in his or her absence the senior ordinary judge of the Supreme Court for the time being available, may determine that an appeal to or other matter cognisable by the Supreme Court may be heard and determined by a division of five or three judges of the Supreme Court, including judges who are by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) of section 1 of the Principal Act, additional judges of the Supreme Court.

(5) An appeal to or other matter cognisable by the Supreme Court under Article 12 or Article 26 of the Constitution or a question of the validity of any law having regard to the provisions of the Constitution shall be heard and determined by not less than five judges of the Supreme Court including judges who are, by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) of section 1 of the Principal Act, additional judges of the Supreme Court.”.