The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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any other cause, the President may, 97[on the approval of
the Constitutional Council,] appoint another Judge to act as
a Judge of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal, as the
case may be, during such period.]
110. (1) A Judge of the Supreme Court or Court of
Appeal may be required by the President of the Republic to
perform or discharge any other appropriate duties or
functions under any written law.
Performance
or discharge
of other
duties or
functions by
Judges
(2) No Judge of the Supreme Court or Court of
Appeal shall perform any other office (whether paid or not)
or accept any place of profit or emolument, except as
authorized by the Constitution or by written law or with the
written consent of the President.
(3) No person who has held office as a permanent
Judge of the Supreme Court or of the Court of Appeal may
appear, plead, act or practise in any court, tribunal or
institution as an Attorney-at-law at any time without the
written consent of the President.
111. 98[(1) There shall be a High Court of Sri Lanka,
which shall exercise such jurisdiction and powers as
Parliament may by law vest or ordain.]
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[(2) The Judges of the High Court shall (a)
on the recommendation of the Judicial
Service Commission, be appointed by the
President by warrant under his hand and
such recommendation shall be made after
consultation with the Attorney-General;
(b)
be removable and be subject to the
disciplinary control of the president on the
recommendation of the Judicial Service
Commission.]
Appointment,
removal and
disciplinary
control of
Judges of the
High Court
97 - Substituted by the Twenty First Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 13(2).
98 - Substituted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 2.
99 - Substituted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 12(1)
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