(b)
the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, or such other member as may for the
time being be designated in that behalf by the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission;
(c)
such Justice of Appeal or Judge as may for the time being be designated in that behalf
by the President acting after consultation with the Chief Justice; and
(d)
such legal practitioner and such magistrate as may for the time being be designated in
that behalf by the President acting after consultation with the Chief Justice.
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Powers of the Judicial Service Commission
13 of 2001The Judicial Service Commission shall have the authority to—
(a) �
nominate persons for judicial office;
(b)
exercise such disciplinary powers in relation to persons in judicial office as shall be
prescribed by an Act of Parliament, subject to this Constitution;
(c) �
recommend, subject to section 119, the removal of a person from judicial office;
(d)
subject to this Constitution, make such representations to the President as may be
prescribed by an Act of Parliament; and
(e)
exercise such other powers as are conferred on it by this Constitution or as are
reasonably necessary for the performance of its duties:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prejudice the right of any person in judicial office who
was the subject of any decision by the Judicial Service Commission to appeal to the High Court against
that decision.
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Tenure of office of Judges
11 of 2010(1) Subject to this section, a person holding the office of Judge shall vacate that office
on attaining the age prescribed in subsection (6):
Provided that the President, after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission, may permit
a Judge who has attained that age to continue in office for such period as may be necessary to enable
him or her to deliver judgment or to do any other thing in relation to proceedings that were commenced
before him or her before he or she attained that age.
(2) A person holding the office of Judge may be removed from office only for incompetence in
the performance of the duties of his or her office or for misbehaviour, and shall not be so removed
except in accordance with subsections (3) and (4).
11 of 2010(3) The President may by an instrument under the Public Seal and in consultation with
the Judicial Service Commission remove from office any Judge where a motion praying for his or her