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Thirdly, they have asked whether representatives
of the Bar Association and the Law Society should formally be nominated by the respective body. I should point out that the Bill before Members provides for the appointment of, among others, a barrister and a solicitor. As with the present Judicial Service Commission, these appointments are made in their individual capacities as practising members of the legal profession, and not as representatives of their professional bodies.
Fourthly, they have asked whether the present requirement for all recommendations made by the Judicial
Service Commission to be unanimous should be preserved.
·Sir,
I
have already explained moment age why it is not desirable to insist on unanimity.
Finally, the
whether the present
two learned bodies
bodies have asked procedure for screening and
interviewing candidates for judicial appointments should
le be altered. This is an administrative matter which is not directly relevant to the Bill and should, I suggest, be for the Judicial Service Commission itself to advise upon.
adjourned.
Sir, I move that the debate on this Bill be now
Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.