97.—(1) Every person appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court or a Judicial Commissioner or a Senior Judge of the Supreme Court shall, before he enters on the execution of his office, take, in the presence of the President, the Oath of Office in the form set out in the First Schedule.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]
(1A) Every person appointed as an International Judge of the Supreme Court shall, before he enters on the execution of his office, take, in the presence of the President, the Oath of Office in the form set out in the First Schedule.
[Act 39 of 2014 wef 01/01/2015]
(2) Notwithstanding clauses (1) and (1A), a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge of the Supreme Court who is appointed under Article 95(4) to hear and determine a specified case need not be required to take the Oath of Office again if a period of less than 12 months intervenes between the date of his judgment in any specified case he is so appointed to hear and determine and the start of hearing for the next specified case.