94 The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka 94 [CHAPTER XV A JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION Constitution of the Judicial Service Commission 95 [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 96[subject to the provisions of Article 41A.] (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 a Judge of a Court of First Instance, 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 a Judge of a Court of First Instance. (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 an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall have a casting vote. (4) The Commission shall have power to act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership and no act or proceeding of the Commission shall be, or be deemed to be invalid by reason only of such vacancy or any defect in the appointment of a member. 97 [(5) The President may grant to any member of the Commission leave from his duties and may subject to the provisions of Article 41A, appoint a person qualified to be a member of the Commission to be a temporary member for the period of such leave. 94 - Chapter XV A, Articles 111D to 111M, inserted by the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 16. 95 - Substituted by the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 28. 96 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 23 for “subject to the approval of the Constitutional Council”. 97 - Substituted by the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution Sec. 24.