SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 11A
SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 11A
11A . Masters
(1) The Governor by
commission under the Public Seal of the State may appoint one or more persons
each having the necessary qualification to be a master of the Supreme Court.
(2) The qualification
of a person for appointment as a master of the Supreme Court shall be that he
—
(a) is
or has been a lawyer and has had not less than 5 years’ legal
experience; or
(b) is a
lawyer, and who for a period of not less than 2 years has held office as the
Principal Registrar or the Court of Appeal Registrar or as a registrar or
deputy registrar of the Court.
(2a) For the purposes
of subsection (2)(a), legal experience is —
(a)
standing and practice as a legal practitioner; or
(b)
judicial service elsewhere in a common law jurisdiction; or
(c) a
combination of both kinds of legal experience defined in this subsection.
(3) Subject to the
Judges’ Retirement Act 1937 , a master of the Supreme Court shall hold
office during good behaviour but the Governor may, upon the address of both
Houses of Parliament, remove a master from office and revoke his commission.
[Section 11A inserted: No. 67 of 1979 s. 6;
amended: No. 47 of 1983 s. 3 and 13; No. 37 of 1989 s. 10; No. 25 of 1990
s. 3; No. 65 of 2003 s. 69(3)-(5); No. 45 of 2004 s. 11; No. 24 of 2005 s. 32;
No. 21 of 2008 s. 709(5) and (6); No. 47 of 2011 s. 27.]