124 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 105 [CHAPTER XV A JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION 106 [Constitution of the Judicial Service Commission 111D. (1) There shall be a Judicial Service Commission (in this Chapter referred to as the “Commission”) consisting of the Chief Justice and the two most senior Judges of the Supreme Court appointed by the President 107[subject to the approval of the Constitutional Council.] (2) Where the Chief Justice and the two most senior Judges of the Supreme Court are Judges who have not had any judicial experience serving as 108[a Magistrate or a District Judge], the Commission shall consist of the Chief Justice, the senior most Judge of the Supreme Court and the next most senior Judge of such Court, who has had experience as 109[a Magistrate or a District Judge]. (3) The Chief Justice shall be the Chairman of the Commission.] Meetings of the Commission 111E. (1) The quorum for any meeting of the Commission shall be two members of the Commission. (2) A Judge of the Supreme Court appointed as a member of the Commission shall, unless he earlier resigns his office or is removed there from as hereinafter provided or ceases to be a Judge of the Supreme Court, hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment, but shall be eligible for re-appointment. (3) All decisions of the Commission shall be made by a majority of the members present, and in the event of 105 - Chapter XV A, inserted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 16. 106 - Substituted by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 28. 107 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 14(1). 108 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 14(2). 109 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 14(2).

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