"service"

means-

(a)service as a judge of the Supreme Court of Appeal or a High Court as contemplated in the Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act No. 59 of 1959), in the same or a higher office held by the judge concerned on discharge from active service, or, with the approval of the judge concerned, service in a lower office;
(b)service as a chairperson or a member of a commission as contemplated in the Commissions Act, 1947 (Act No. 8 of 1947);
(c)service as a chairperson or a member of a body or institution established by or under any law; or
(d)any other service which the Minister may request him or her to perform.