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Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 (Act No. 9 of 1994)

Chapter 2 : Oversight over Judicial Conduct and Accountability of Judicial Officer

Part I : Establishment and objects of Committee

9. Meetings of Committee

 

(1) The Committee meets at any time and place determined by the Chairperson.

 

(2)        

(a) The Committee may determine the procedure to be followed at its meetings, but decisions of the Committee must be supported by a majority of its members.
(b) In the event of an equality of votes being cast by the Committee members present at a meeting, the person presiding at that meeting has a deciding vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote.

 

(3) Meetings of the Committee may only be attended by the members of the Committee and persons whose presence are required or permitted in terms of this Act, unless the Committee on account of public interest and for good cause decides otherwise.

 

(4) The Deputy Chief Justice must act as Chairperson in the absence of the Chief Justice: Provided that in the absence of both the Chief Justice and the Deputy Chief Justice, the Chief Justice must nominate one of the members of the Committee as acting Chairperson: Provided further that if the Chief Justice does not nominate an acting Chairperson and the Deputy Chief Justice is also absent from the meeting, the members must elect a Chairperson from their number.

[Subsection 4 inserted by section 20 of Act No. 42 of 2013]

 

[Section 9 inserted by section 9 of Act No. 20 of 2008]