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Judicial Service Commission Act of 1994 (Act No. 9 of 1994)
Notice No. 1235 of 1994
Act
Preamble
Chapter 1 : Administrative Provisions
1. Definitions
2. Acting Chairperson and vacancies
3. Remuneration and expenses of members of Commission
4. [Repealed] Secretary and staff of Commission
5. Publication of procedure of Commission
6. Annual report
Chapter 2 : Oversight over Judicial Conduct and Accountability of Judicial Officer
Part I : Establishment and objects of Committee
7. Definitions and interpretation
8. Establishment and composition of Judicial Conduct Committee
9. Meetings of Committee
10. Objects of Committee
Part II : Judicial conduct
11. Judge not to hold other office of profit or receive payment for any service
12. Code of Judicial Conduct
13. Disclosure of registrable interests
Part III : Consideration of complaints by Committee
14. Lodging of complaints
15. Lesser complaints may be summarily dismissed
16. Committee may recommend appointment of Tribunal in respect of impeachable complaints
17. Inquiry into serious, non-impeachable complaints by Chairperson or member of Committee
18. Consideration of appeal by Committee
Part IV : Request to appoint Tribunal and consideration of Tribunal report by Commission
19. Commission to request appointment of Tribunal
20. Commission to consider report and make findings
Chapter 3 : Judicial Conduct Tribunals
Part 1 : Introductory Provisions
21. Appointment of Tribunal
22. Composition of Tribunal
23. Non-judicial members of tribunals
24. Tribunal investigative and administrative support
25. Rules and procedure
Part 2 : Hearings of Tribunal
26. Objects and nature of Tribunal
27. Hearing to begin and be concluded without unreasonable delay
28. Involvement of judicial officer whose conduct is subject of hearing
29. Attendance at hearing and disclosure of evidence
30. Tribunal may subpoena witnesses
31. Evidence to be given under oath or affirmation
32. Evidence disclosing offence
33. Findings and report
Part 3 : Offences relating to Tribunals
34. Offences
Chapter 4 : Miscellaneous Provisions
35. Regulations
36. Finances and accountability
37. Secretariat of Commission
38. Protection of confidential information
39. Short title
Notices
Procedure of Commission
Notice No. 404 of 2018
1. Definitions
2. Judges of the Constitutional Court
3. Judges of all other Courts
4. Transfer of Judges from one High Court to another
5. President of the Land Claims Court
6. Additional Judges of the Land Claims Court
7. Departure
8. Withdrawal
Regulations
Non-Judicial Members of Tribunals
Notice No. R. 863 of 2012
1. Definitions
2. List of persons who are not judicial officers and who are suitable to serve on Tribunals
Annexure
Form 1
Form 2
Rules regulating Procedures before Judicial Conduct Tribunals, 2012
Notice No. R. 864 of 2012
1. Definitions
2. Non-judicial member of Tribunal to take prescribed oath
3. Appointment of evidence leader and giving of notice of hearing
4. Information to be provided to respondent before hearing
5. Inquiry conference
6. Subpoena of witnesses
7. Hearing
8. Oath by interpreter
9. Recording of proceedings
10. Short title
Annexure
Form 1
Form 2
Form 3
Code of Judicial Conduct for Judges
Notice No. R. 865 of 2012
Article 1 : Definitions
Article 2 : Application
Article 3 : Objects and Interpretation
Article 4 : Judicial Independence
Article 5 : To act honourably
Article 6 : Compliance with the law
Article 7 : Equality
Article 8 : Transparency
Article 9 : Fair trial
Article 10 : Diligence
Article 11 : Restraint
Article 12 : Association
Article 13 : Recusal
Article 14 : Extra-judicial activities of judges on active service
Article 15 : Extra-judicial income
Article 16 : Reporting inappropriate conduct
Article 17 : Judges discharged from active service
Disclosure of Registrable Interests
Notice No. R. 56 of 2014
1. Definitions
2. Registrable interests
3. Disclosure of registrable interests
4. Application for consent
5. Register
6. Short title
Annexures
Annexure A
Annexure B
Form 1
Form 2
Annexure C
Proclamations
Fixing of a Date for Purposes of Section 13(4)
Notice No. R. 4 of 2014
Annexure
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