97.—(1) A person appointed to a high judicial office 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.
[31/2007; 39/2014; 38/2019]
(2) Notwithstanding clause (1), a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge 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.