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147 SERVICE CONDITIONS AND REMOVAL OF PANEL MEMBERS OF REGIONAL TRIBUNAL OTHER
THAN THE CHAIRMAN
(1)
A panel member of a Regional Tribunal, other than the Chairman, shall have such allowances and
benefits as may be determined by the President acting on the advice of the Judicial Council.
(2)
A panel member of a Regional Tribunal other than the Chairman may be removed by the Chief Justice
acting on the advice of the Judicial Council and of the Regional Coordinating Council on grounds of
stated misbehaviour or incompetence or on ground of inability to perform his functions arising from
infirmity of body or mind.
(3)
For the purposes of clause (2) of this article the panel member concerned is entitled to be heard in his
defence by himself or by a lawyer or other expert of his choice.
Part VII Appointment, retirement and removal of Judicial Officers
148 APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Subject to the provisions of this article, the power to appoint-persons to hold or to act in a judicial
office shall be vested, subject to the approval of the President, in the Chief Justice acting on the
advice of the Judicial Council.
149 CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Judicial officers shall receive such salaries, allowances, facilities and privileges and other benefits as
the President may, acting on the advice of the Judicial Council, determine.
150 RETIREMENT AND RESIGNATION OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS
(1)
A judicial officer (a) may retire from his office at any time after attaining the age of forty-five years; and
(b) shall vacate his office on attaining the age of sixty years.
(2)
A judicial officer may resign his office by writing addressed to the Chief Justice.
151 REMOVAL OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS
(1)
A person holding a judicial office may be removed from office by the Chief Justice on grounds only of
stated misbehaviour, incompetence or inability to perform his functions arising from infirmity of body
or mind and upon a resolution supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds of all the members
of the Judicial Council.
(2)
For the purpose of clause (1) of this article, the judicial officer shall be entitled to be heard in his
defence by himself or by a lawyer or other expert of his choice.
Ghana 1992 (rev. 1996)
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