SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - SECT 27
Chief Judges
SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - SECT 27
Chief Judges
(1) The Governor may, by commission under the public seal of the State,
appoint any Judge to be-- (a) Chief Judge of the Common Law Division (whose
title is Chief Judge at Common Law), or
(b) Chief Judge of the Equity
Division (whose title is Chief Judge in Equity).
(2) A Judge may be appointed
a Chief Judge either at the time of his or her appointment as a Judge or at
any time afterwards.
(3) A Chief Judge holds that office so long as he or she
holds office as a Judge.
(4) A Chief Judge may, with the approval of the
Governor, resign that office without resigning his or her office as a Judge.
