| (1) | If, according to a certificate of a medical practitioner, it appears that owing to illness a Constitutional Court judge or judge cannot perform his or her duties for a specified period, he or she may be granted sick leave for that period. |
| (2) | The Deputy Chief Justice grants leave to the Chief Justice; |
| (3) | The Chief Justice may grant sick leave to the Deputy Chief Justice, a Constitutional Court judge, the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a Judge President of a division of the High Court. |
| (a) | The President of the Supreme Court of Appeal may grant sick leave to the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. |
| (b) | The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal may grant sick leave to the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal. |
| (c) | The President of the Supreme Court of Appeal must inform the Chief Justice of any sick leave granted in terms of paragraph (a). |
| (a) | A Judge President of a division of the High Court may grant sick leave to a Deputy Judge President of a division of the High Court or a judge in the division of the High Court under the control of such Judge President. |
| (b) | The Deputy Judge President of a division of the High Court may grant sick leave to the Judge President of the High Court or a judge in the division of the High Court under the control of such Judge President. |
| (c) | The Judge President must inform the Chief Justice of any sick leave granted in terms of paragraph (a). |
[Regulation 6 substituted by section 5 of Judges Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act 2001: Amendment of Regulations, R.3690, GG49010, dated 21 July 2023]
