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Membership of Board
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12. (1) The Board shall comprise the following 11 members:
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(a) the ex officio members specified in subsection (2) or their replacements nominated under subsection (3);
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(b) the members elected under subsection (4);
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(c) the co-opted member co-opted under subsection (5).
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(2) Each of the following shall, ex officio, be a member of the Board (in this Act referred to as an “ex officio member of the Board”):
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(a) the Chief Justice, who shall act as chairperson of the Board;
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(b) the President of the Court of Appeal;
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(c) the President of the High Court;
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(d) the President of the Circuit Court;
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(e) the President of the District Court.
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(3) An ex officio member of the Board may from time to time nominate in writing another judge (other than an elected member of the Board or a co-opted member of the Board) of the court of which he or she is Chief Justice or President, as the case may be, to perform the functions of such ex officio member during such period or on such occasion or occasions as are specified in the nomination.
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(4) Each of the following shall be a member of the Board (in this Act referred to as an “elected member of the Board”):
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(a) a judge of the Supreme Court elected by the ordinary judges of that Court;
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(b) a judge of the Court of Appeal elected by the ordinary judges of that Court;
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(c) a judge of the High Court elected by the ordinary judges of that Court;
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(d) a judge of the Circuit Court elected by the ordinary judges and specialist judges of that Court;
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(e) a judge of the District Court elected by the judges, other than the President, of that Court.
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(5) The Chief Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the High Court, the President of the Circuit Court, the President of the District Court and the judges elected under subsection (4) shall, in accordance with subsection (6), co-opt a judge of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court or the District Court to be a member of the Board, and a judge so co-opted shall be a member of the Board (in this Act referred to as a “co-opted member of the Board”).
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(6) (a) A judge who is to be a co-opted member of the Board under subsection (5) shall be co-opted from among the judges of each of the courts (other than the Chief Justice or the President of a court) in rotation beginning with the Supreme Court and followed in turn by the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Circuit Court and the District Court.
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(b) The sequence of the rotation of courts for the purposes of the co-option of a co-opted member of the Board provided for in paragraph (a) shall be repeated from time to time as occasion requires.
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