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(b) the tribunal or medical board enquires into the matter and furnishes a
written report of the facts to the President and advises the President of its
recommendation whether or not the Judge, Magistrate, Master of the High
Court, the Chief Registrar or any other judicial officer appointed by the
Judicial Services Commission should be removed from office; and
(c) in deciding whether or not to remove a Judge, the President must act on the
advice of the tribunal or medical board, as the case may be.
(4) The President may, acting on the advice of the Judicial Services Commission,
suspend the Judge, Magistrate, Master of the High Court, the Chief Registrar or any
other judicial officer appointed by the Judicial Services Commission from office pending
investigation and pending referral to and appointment of a tribunal or a medical board
under subsection (3), and may at any time, revoke the suspension.
(5) The suspension of the Judge, Magistrate, Master of the High Court, the Chief
Registrar or any other judicial officer appointed by the Judicial Services Commission
from office under subsection (4) ceases to have effect if the President determines that the
Judge, Magistrate, Master of the High Court, the Chief Registrar or any other judicial
officer appointed by the Judicial Services Commission should not be removed from
office.
(6) The report of the tribunal or the recommendations of the medical board, as the
case may be, made under subsection (3) shall be made public.
(7) This section does not apply to the Chief Justice or the President of the Court of
Appeal.
Remuneration of judicial officers
113.—(1) The salaries and benefits payable to, or in respect of, a judicial officer
must not be varied to the disadvantage of that judicial officer, except as part of an overall
austerity reduction similarly applicable to all officers of the State.
(2) The salaries and benefits payable to the Chief Justice and the President of the
Court of Appeal shall be determined by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister
following consultation by the Prime Minister with the Attorney-General.
(3) The salaries and benefits payable to any person appointed as a Judge (other
than the Chief Justice and the President of the Court of Appeal), Magistrate, Master of
the High Court, the Chief Registrar or other judicial officers appointed by the Judicial
Services Commission shall be determined by the Judicial Services Commission,
following consultation with the Prime Minister and the Attorney-General.
(4) The remuneration and benefits payable to or in respect of a judicial officer are
a charge on the Consolidated Fund.
(5) A judicial officer is protected from civil or criminal action for anything said or
done, or omitted to be done, in the performance of a judicial function.
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