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Tenure of office of judges of Court of Appeal

Cap. 90, s. 4 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, the office of a judge of the Court shall become vacant upon the expiration of the period of his appointment to that office or if he resigns therefrom by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor-General. (2) Where the office of any person has become vacant under sub-section (1), he may, if qualified, again be appointed as a judge of the Court in accordance with the Belize Constitution. (3) A judge of the Court may be removed from office only for inability to discharge the functions of his office (whether arising from infirmity of body or mind or any other cause) or for misbehaviour, and shall not be so removed except in accordance with the Belize Constitution.
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