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Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001 (Act No. 47 of 2001)

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Regulations relating to the Judges' Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001

Leave

6. Sick leave

 

(1) If, according to a certificate of a medical practitioner, it appears that owing to illness a Constitutional Court judge or judge cannot perform his or her duties for a specified period, he or she may be granted sick leave for that period.

 

(2) The Deputy Chief Justice grants leave to the Chief Justice;

 

(3) The Chief Justice may grant sick leave to the Deputy Chief Justice, a Constitutional Court judge, the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a Judge President of a division of the High Court.

 

(4)
(a) The President of the Supreme Court of Appeal may grant sick leave to the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
(b) The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal may grant sick leave to the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal.
(c) The President of the Supreme Court of Appeal must inform the Chief Justice of any sick leave granted in terms of paragraph (a).

 

(5)
(a) A Judge President of a division of the High Court may grant sick leave to a Deputy Judge President of a division of the High Court or a judge in the division of the High Court under the control of such Judge President.
(b) The Deputy Judge President of a division of the High Court may grant sick leave to the Judge President of the High Court or a judge in the division of the High Court under the control of such Judge President.
(c) The Judge President must inform the Chief Justice of any sick leave granted in terms of paragraph (a).

 

[Regulation 6 substituted by section 5 of Judges Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act 2001: Amendment of Regulations, R.3690, GG49010, dated 21 July 2023]