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CHAPTER VIII
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1. (1) The Federal Supreme Court will consist of a President, and Federal such other judges as the Governor-General may appoint, one of whom Supreme may be designated Vice-President.
(2) A judge will not be removed from office except by the Governor-General on an address from the Federal Assembly praying for such removal on the ground of misbehaviour or incapacity or infirmity of mind or body.
(3) The judges will receive such remuneration as may be pre- scribed by Federal law but the remuneration of a judge will not be diminished during his tenure of office.
Court.
2. If, in proceedings in any other court in the Federation, any ques- Jurisdiction tion arises as to the interpretation of the Constitution, the court will in constitu- have power to refer such question directly to the Federal Supreme matters.
Court.
tional
3. The Federal Supreme Court will have original jurisdiction in pro- Original ceedings between Territorial Governments or between the Federal jurisdiction. Government and any Territorial Government, and in such other matters(36) as may be prescribed.
4. The Federal Supreme Court will have jurisdiction to hear and Appellate determine--
jurisdiction.
(a) appeals from its own original side, in so far as such appeals
are provided for by Federal law;
(b) appeals from Territorial Courts in matters arising under Terri- torial law, in so far as such appeals are provided for by Territorial law; and
(c) appeals from Territorial Courts in matters arising under Federal law, in so far as such appeals are provided for by Territorial or Federal law.
5. Subject to the preceding paragraphs of this Chapter, jurisdiction in civil and criminal proceedings arising under Federal law will, unless it is otherwise provided by Federal law, vest in and be exercised by Territorial Courts as if the Federal law in question were a Territorial law.
6. The establishment of the Federal Judicature is largely a tech- nical matter which will have to be studied and reported on later by a Judicial Commission. The terms of reference of this Commission will be as follows:-
"To consider in the light of the proposals in the Draft Federal Scheme, particularly Chapter VIII thereof :---
(i) the constitution of the Federal Supreme Court, whose members shall include at least three judges who are not members of the High Courts of the three Territories;
(36) These other matters should be comparatively few. Whether any of them need to be described in the Constitution itself cannot be decided until the Judicial Com- mission has reported-see paragraph 6 below.