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Part VI Appointment, retirement and removal of Justices of Superior
Courts and chairmen and other members of Regional Tribunals
144 APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICES OF SUPERIOR COURTS AND CHAIRMEN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF
REGIONAL TRIBUNALS
(1)
The Chief Justice shall be appointed by the President acting in consultation with the Council of State
and with the approval of Parliament.
(2)
The other Supreme Court Justices shall be appointed by the President acting on the advice of the
Judicial Council, in consultation with the Council of State and with the approval of Parliament.
(3)
Justices of the Court of Appeal and of the High Court and Chairmen of Regional Tribunals shall be
appointed by the President acting on the advice of the Judicial Council.
(4)
Panel members of Regional Tribunals other than the Chairmen shall be appointed by the Chief Justice
in consultation with the Regional Coordinating Council for the region and on the advice of the Judicial
Council.
(5)
Justices of the Superior Courts and Chairmen of Regional Tribunals shall be appointed by warrant
under the hand of the President and sealed by the Presidential seal.
(6)
Where the office of Chief Justice is vacant, or where the Chief Justice is for any reason unable to
perform the functions of his office (a) until a person has been appointed to, and has assumed the functions of, that office; or
(b) until the person holding that office has resumed the functions of that office; as the case may be,
those functions shall be performed by the most senior of the Justices of the Supreme Court.
(7)
The office of a Justice of the Superior Court shall not be abolished while there is a substantive holder
in office.
(8)
A Chairman of a Regional Tribunal shall enjoy the same salary, allowances, gratuity and pension
conditions as a Justice of the High Court.
(9)
Where the office of a Justice of the High Court or a Chairman of the Regional Tribunal is vacant or for
any reason, a Justice of the High Court or a Chairman of the Regional Tribunal is unable to perform
the functions of his office, or if the Chief Justice advises the President that the state of business in the
High Court or Regional Tribunal so requires, the President may, acting in accordance with the advice
of the Judicial Council, appoint a person who has held office as, or a person qualified for appointment
as, a Justice of the High Court or a Chairman of the Regional Tribunal to act as a Justice of the High
Court or a Chairman of the Regional Tribunal.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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