Judicial Service Commission Act, 1994 (Act No. 9 of 1994)Chapter 2 : Oversight over Judicial Conduct and Accountability of Judicial OfficerPart II : Judicial conduct12. Code of Judicial Conduct |
| (1) | The Chief Justice, acting in consultation with the Minister, must compile a Code of Judicial Conduct, which must be tabled by the Minister in Parliament for approval. |
| (2) | The Minister must table the first Code under this section in Parliament within four months of the commencement of this Act, provided that if consensus could not be achieved as contemplated in subsection (1) both versions of the Code must be tabled in Parliament within the said period. |
| (3) | When the Code or any amendment thereto is tabled in Parliament in terms of subsection (1) or (2), Parliament may, after obtaining and considering public comment thereon, approve the Code or such amendment— |
| (a) | without any changes thereto; or |
| (b) | with such changes thereto as may be effected by Parliament. |
| (4) | The Code must be reviewed at least once in every three years by the Chief Justice, acting in consultation with the Minister, and the result of such review, including any proposed amendment to the Code, must be tabled in Parliament, for approval, as contemplated in subsection (3). |
| (5) | The Code shall serve as the prevailing standard of judicial conduct, which judges must adhere to, and the Code and every subsequent amendment must be published in the Gazette. |
[Section 12 inserted by section 9 of Act No. 20 of 2008]