Full time
performance
151. Every
Salary and allowances
152. Judges shall be paid such salary and allowances in
Judge shall devote his full time to the
performance of the responsibilities of a Judge. A Judge
shall perform other work only in accordance with and
as specified by the statute relating to Judges.
keeping with the stature of their office as determined
by the People’s Majlis.
Declaration of assets
153. Every Judge shall annually submit to the Judicial
Service Commission a statement of all property and
monies owned by him, business interests and all assets
and liabilities.
Tenure and removal
154.
(a) A Judge shall not be removed from office during
good behavior and compliance with judicial
ethics.
(b) A Judge may be removed from office only if the
Judicial Service Commission finds that the
person is grossly incompetent, or that the Judge
is guilty of gross misconduct, and submits to the
People’s Majlis a resolution supporting the
removal of the Judge, which is passed by a twothirds majority of the members of the People’s
Majlis present and voting.
Power to determine
the jurisdiction of
courts and to enact
administrative laws
relating to the courts
155. The People’s Majlis shall have authority to pass laws
Administration of the
courts
156. The courts have the inherent power to protect and
concerning the administration of the courts, the trial
and appellate jurisdiction of the courts and trial
procedures.
regulate their own process, in accordance with law and
the interests of justice.
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