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

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To regulate matters incidental to the establishment of the Judicial Service Commission by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; to establish the Judicial Conduct Committee to receive and deal with complaints about judges; to provide for a Code of Judicial Conduct which serves as the prevailing standard of judicial conduct which judges must adhere to; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register of judges' registrable interests; to provide for procedures for dealing with complaints about judges; to provide for the establishment of Judicial Conduct Tribunals to inquire into and report on allegations of incapacity, gross incompetence or gross misconduct against judges; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

 

 

(Afrikaans text signed by the President.)

(Assented to 5 July 1994.)

 

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—

 

[Long Title substituted by section 10 of Act No. 20 of 2008]