Tenure of office and oath of office
11 Tenure of office and oath of office
The commission of each District Court judge shall continue in force during good behaviour but the Governor may, upon the address of both Houses of Parliament, remove any District Court judge from his office and revoke his commission.
Before a person who is appointed to be a District Court judge, an acting District Court judge, an auxiliary District Court judge, or a commissioner of the Court, performs any function of the office, he or she shall take before the Governor, a Supreme Court judge, or some person authorised for the purpose by the Governor, an oath or affirmation in the form set out in Schedule 1.
[Section 11 amended: No. 7 of 1982 s. 9; No. 23 of 1997 s. 5; No. 65 of 2003 s. 125(4); No. 24 of 2005 s. 18.]
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