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SUPREME COURT ACT 1970 - SECT 33
Seniority
33 Seniority
(1) The Judge of Appeal shall have seniority, rank and precedence over all the
Judges (including any Judge who is for the time being an additional Judge of
Appeal) except the Chief Justice and over all persons who, in accordance with
the provisions of any Act, have the same rank, title, status and precedence as
a Judge of the Supreme Court.
(2) The President of the Court of Appeal shall
have seniority, rank and precedence over the Judges of Appeal referred to in
paragraph (c) of section 42, and those Judges of Appeal shall have seniority,
rank and precedence between themselves according to the dates (whether before
or after the commencement of this Act) of their commissions as Judges of
Appeal.
(3) If the commissions of two or more Judges of Appeal bear the same
date they shall have seniority, rank and precedence according to the
seniority, rank and precedence assigned to them by their commissions, or
failing such assignment according to the order of their being sworn.
(4) If a
Judge of Appeal resigns his or her office as a Judge of Appeal without
resigning his or her office as a Judge, he or she shall then have, as a Judge,
the seniority, rank, status and precedence he or she would have had if he or
she had not been appointed a Judge of Appeal.
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