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The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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[CHAPTER XV A
JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION
Constitution of the
Judicial Service
Commission
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[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.
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[(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.
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