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CHAPTER XVII
THE JUDICIARY
Part 1
Judges of the Supreme Court
Chief Justice
and other
Judges.
246. (1) The Supreme Court Order(a), establishing the offices of
Chief Justice and other Judges of the Supreme Court created by it, provides
for their appointment, salaries and allowances, other terms and conditions of
office; their jurisdiction, security of tenure, and protection from removal
from office, confining such removal to certain restricted grounds to be
pursued on special tribunal procedures.
(2) The provisions of the Supreme Court Order referred to
in subsection (1) of this section are deeply entrenched in and by section 74
of this Constitution.
(3) This Constitution confers further jurisdiction on the
Court, in section 41, to enforce the fundamental rights and freedoms;
in section 58, to determine questions as to the election of the President;
in section 101, to determine questions as to membership of the National
Assembly; in section 256, to redress contraventions of the general
provisions of this Constitution; and in section 260, to decide questions
referred to it as to the interpretation of this Constitution.
Chief Registrar
and other
officers.
247. (1) The Supreme Court Order provides for the appointment,
salaries and allowances, and other terms and conditions of the offices of
Chief Registrar and such other officers of the Supreme Court as the Chief
Justice may prescribe. An office so far prescribed is the office of Master.
(2) The provisions of the Supreme Court Order referred to
in subsection (1) of this section are entrenched in and by section 74 of this
Constitution.
(a)
S.I. 1967/223 [U.K.].
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