Appointment of judicial and legal officers, etc

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the power to review the suitability of applicants, and to appoint persons to hold or act in offices in the judicial and legal services, including the power to make appointments, promotions, transfers, to confirm appointments, and to deal with all matters relating to the conditions of service of such judicial and legal officers and, subject to the provisions of section 111 of this Constitution, the power to exercise disciplinary control over persons holding or acting in such offices and the power to remove such persons from office shall vest in the Judicial and Legal Services Commission established under section 110E of this Constitution. (2) In this section, “judicial and legal services” means service as Registrar General, Deputy Registrar General, Registrar, Deputy Registrar and Assistant Registrar, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Chief Magistrate, Magistrate, Legal Draftsman, Law Revision Commissioner, Law Revision Counsel, Parliamentary Counsel, Senior Crown Counsel, Crown Counsel, Registrar and Deputy Registrar of Intellectual Property, Assistant Registrar, Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry, and such other posts requiring a legal 138 qualification as the Governor General , acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may from time to time by Order publish in the Gazette, prescribe, Provided that the provisions of this Division shall not apply to the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Solicitor (3) Any officer holding or acting in an office in the judicial and legal services immediately before the commencement of this section shall continue to hold or act in that office and to be subject to the same terms and conditions of service as obtained immediately prior to the commencement of this section. (4) The Judicial and Legal Services Commission may, by directions in writing and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, delegate any of its powers under subsection (1) of this section to any one or more members of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission or, with the consent of the Prime Minister, to any public officer who is a judicial or legal officer.