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Formal Consolidation |  1999 RevEd
Constitution of Supreme Court
94.—(1)  The Supreme Court shall consist of the Court of Appeal and the High Court with such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred on those Courts by this Constitution or any written law.
(2)  The office of a Judge of the Supreme Court shall not be abolished during his continuance in office.
(3)  A person qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court or a person who has ceased to hold the office of a Judge of the Supreme Court may be appointed as the Chief Justice in accordance with Article 95, or may sit as a Judge of the High Court or as a Judge of Appeal, if designated for the purpose (as occasion requires) in accordance with Article 95, and such person shall hold office for such period or periods as the President, if the President, acting in his discretion, concurs with the advice of the Prime Minister, shall direct.
(4)  In order to facilitate the disposal of business in the Supreme Court, the President, if he, acting in his discretion, concurs with the advice of the Prime Minister, may appoint a person qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court to be a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court in accordance with Article 95 for such period or periods as the President thinks fit; and a Judicial Commissioner so appointed may, in respect of such class or classes of cases as the Chief Justice may specify, exercise the powers and perform the functions of a Judge of the High Court. Anything done by a Judicial Commissioner when acting in accordance with the terms of his appointment shall have the same validity and effect as if done by a Judge of that Court and, in respect thereof, he shall have the same powers and enjoy the same immunities as if he had been a Judge of that Court.
(5)  For the purposes of clause (4), the President may appoint a person qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court to be a Judicial Commissioner to hear and determine a specified case only.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 39 of 2014
Constitution of Supreme Court
94.—(1)  The Supreme Court shall consist of the Court of Appeal and the High Court with such jurisdiction and powers as are conferred on those Courts by this Constitution or any written law.
(2)  The Court of Appeal shall consist of the Chief Justice and the Judges of Appeal.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]
(3)  The High Court shall consist of the Chief Justice and the Judges of the High Court.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]
(4)  A Judge of Appeal may sit in the High Court on such occasion as the Chief Justice requires.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]
(5)  A Judge of the High Court may sit in the Court of Appeal on such occasion as the Chief Justice requires.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]
(6)  A person appointed under Article 95(4) to exercise the powers and perform the functions of a Judge of the High Court may, in accordance with the terms of his appointment and subject to Article 95(7), (8), (9) and (10), as the case may be —
(a)sit in the High Court; and
(b)sit in the Court of Appeal on such occasion as the Chief Justice requires.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]