Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 (Act No. 9 of 1994)

Chapter 4 : Miscellaneous Provisions

37. Secretariat of Commission

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(1)The Executive Secretary in the Office of the Chief Justice must assign an appropriate number of personnel, one of whom must be designated as the Secretary of the Commission, from the staff in the Office of the Chief Justice to provide administrative support to the Commission.

 

(2)Subject to section 36, the Secretary of the Commission, under the supervision, control and direction of the Executive Secretary, must—
(a)provide secretarial and administrative services to the Commission, the Committee and any Tribunal;
(b)cause all records of matters dealt with by the Commission in terms of this Act to be safeguarded;
(c)maintain a register of all complaints dealt with in terms of Chapter 2;
(d)perform such functions as may from time to time be prescribed; and
(e)generally, perform such secretarial and administrative tasks related to the work of the Commission, Committee or any Tribunal, as may from time to time be directed by the Chief Justice.

 

(3)Subject to section 36, the Registrar of Judges' Registrable Interests, under the supervision, control and direction of the Chief Justice, must—
(a)maintain the Register of Judges' Registrable Interests;
(b)cause all records of matters dealt in relation to the Register in terms of this Act to be safeguarded;
(c)perform such functions as may from time to time be prescribed; and
(d)generally, perform such secretarial and administrative tasks related to maintenance of the Register, as may from time to time be directed by the Chief Justice.

 

[Section 37 inserted by section 9 of Act No. 20 of 2008]