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Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995

Retirement age of judge of Supreme Court and High Court.

47.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the age of retirement of a judge of the Supreme Court and the High Court shall be 70 years.

(2) The age of retirement of a judge of the Supreme Court and the High Court who holds office at the time of the coming into operation of this section shall be 72 years.

(3) The age of retirement shall be 72 years for a person who holds office on or before the coming into operation of this section as a judge of the High Court, the Circuit Court, the District Court, the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance attached thereto or an Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and who is subsequently appointed to be a judge of the Supreme Court or High Court.