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The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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[CHAPTER XV A
JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION
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[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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