any period so specified in his appointment or if no period is specified, until his appointment is revoked by the President, but notwithstanding that his term of office has expired or that his appointment has been revoked, that person may continue to perform functions as Acting Judge until he has completed the preparation and delivery of a decision or until he completes any other business connected with matters which he had started hearing before his term of office expired or before his appointment was revoked. Tenure of office of Judges of the High Court Act No.14 of 1979 Art.6 Act No.15 of 1984 sArt.22 and 23 Act No.12 of 1995 Art.17 Act No.1 of 2005 Art.18 Procedures relating to discipline of Judges of the High Court Act No.1 of 2005 Art.19 Every Judge of the High Court shall vacate his office on 110.-(1) attaining the age of sixty years, but the provisions of this subarticle shall apply subject to the subsequent provisions of this Article. (2) Any Judge of the High Court may retire from office in the service of the United Republic at any time on attaining the age of fifty five years, except where the President directs that he should not retire from office, and if the President so directs, then the Judge to whom the directions of the President relate shall not retire from office until the expiry of the period specified by the President for that purpose. (3) In the event that the President considers it to be in the public interest that a Judge who has attained sixty years of age continue in office, and the Judge agrees in writing to continue in office, then the President may direct that the judge continue in office for any period which may be specified by the President. (4) Notwithstanding that a Judge has attained the age at which he is required by the provisions of this Article to vacate office, a person who was holding the office of Judge of the High Court may continue to perform the functions of that office after attaining that age until he completes the preparation and delivery of the decision or until he completes any other business in connection with matters which he had started hearing before attaining that age. 110A.-(1) The procedure for dealing with discipline of Judges, for reasons other than those specified in subarticle (2) shall be as prescribed under the law to be enacted by the Parliament. (2) A Judge of the High Court may be removed from office only for inability to perform the functions of his office (either due to illness or to any other reason) or for behaviour inconsistent with the ethics of office of Judge or with the law concerning the ethics of public leaders and he shall not be so removed except in accordance with the provisions of subarticle (4) of this Article. (3) Where the President considers that the question of the removal of a Judge from office needs to be investigated, then the procedure shall be as follows: the President shall, after consultation with the Chief Justice, (a) suspend that Judge from office; (b) the President shall appoint a Tribunal which shall consist of a Chairman and not less than two other members. The Chairman and with at least half of other members of the Special Tribunal must be persons who are judges of the High Court or Justices of Appeal in any country within the Commonwealth; (c) the Tribunal shall investigate the matter and make a report to the 65

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