To amend the Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994, so as 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.
1 Inserts the Preamble in the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
2 Inserts the heading to Chapter 1 in the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
4 Substitutes section 2 of the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
5 Substitutes section 3 of the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
6 Repeals section 4 of the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
7 Substitutes section 5 of the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
9 Inserts Chapters 2, 3 and 4 (sections 7 to 38 inclusive), the existing section 7 becoming section 39, in the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
10 Substitutes the long title of the Judicial Service Commission Act 9 of 1994.
This Act is called the Judicial Service Commission Amendment Act, 2008, and comes into operation on a date fixed by the President by Proclamation in the Gazette.