Provide procedures for discipline of judicial officers of certain
courts and tribunals.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1.
Short title and commencement.
(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Judicial Officers
(Tenure of Office) Ordinance.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be
appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.
2.
Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires
"officer" (
) means a judicial officer as defined in
section 2 of the Judicial Service Commission Ordinance (Cap.
92) but does not include a Justice of Appeal, a Judge of the
High Court or a District Judge.
3.
Allegation of officer's inability
or misbehaviour
(1) If it is represented to the Chief Justice that an officer
is unable to discharge his duties or has misbehaved, the Chief
Justice may notify the officer of the particulars of the
representations received and where he does so he shall call on the
officer to state in writing, within a reasonable period specified by
the Chief Justice, any grounds on which he relies to justify himself.
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