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Judicial
Service Act, 2006 (Act 10, 2006)
January
19, 2007
Published in the Government Gazette: January 19, 2007.
Commencement:
still to be fixed by statutory instrument in terms of section 1(2)
- as at January 21, 2007
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Judicial
Service Act, 2006
Arrangement
of Sections
PART
I
Preliminary
1.
Short title and date of commencement.
2. Interpretation.
PART
II
Judicial
Service Commission
3. Constitution
of Judicial Service.
4. Establishment of Committees.
5. Functions
of Judicial Service Commission.
6. Delegation
of functions.
PART
III
Administration
of Judicial Service
7.
Departments and classification of members of the Judicial Service.
8. Persons
under contract.
9. Probationary
period.
10. Appointment
and functions of Secretary of Commission.
11. Consultations
re conditions of service of members of Judicial Service.
12. Secondment
and deployment of members of Judicial Service.
13. Recognised
associations and organisations.
14. Prohibition
from engaging in any work outside Judicial Service.
PART
IV
Discipline
of Members of the Judicial Service
15.
Investigation and adjudication of misconduct cases.
16. Freedom
of persons presiding over courts from arrest or search in court
premises.
17. Codes
of conduct.
18. Codes
of ethics.
19. Appeals
to Labour Court.
PART
V
Financial
Provisions
20.
Funds of Judicial Service.
21. Investment
of moneys not immediately required by Judicial Service.
22. Accounts
of Judicial Service.
23. Audit
of accounts.
PART
VI
General
24.
Pension rights of members of Judicial Service.
25. Service
regulations.
26. Act
not to affect application of certain other laws.
27. Amendment
of Acts.
28. Transitional
provisions.
SCHEDULE:
Amendment of Acts.
ACT
To
make further provisions for the Judicial Service Commission; to
constitute the Judicial Service; to establish the Judicial Service
Committees and to provide for their functions; to provide for the
administration and the conditions of service of members of the Judicial
Service employed in the Supreme Court and the High Court and other
courts subordinate to the Supreme Court and the High Court, and
the Office of the Ombudsman; to provide for the transfer of persons
from the Public Service to the Judicial Service; to make consequential
amendments to various Acts; and to provide for matters connected
with or incidental to the foregoing.
WHEREAS
section 91(1) and (2) of the Constitution provide as follows-
91.(1)
The functions of the Judicial Service Commission shall be to tender
such advice and do such things in relation to the judiciary as are
provided for by this Constitution or by or under an Act of Parliament.
(2)
An Act of Parliament referred to in subsection (1) may confer on
the Judicial Service Commission functions in connection with the
employment, discipline and conditions of service of such officers
and persons employed in—
(a)
the Supreme Court, the High Court and other courts subordinate to
the Supreme Court and the High Court; and
(b)
the office of the Ombudsman;
as
are specified in such Act.
AND
WHEREAS it is desirable to make further provisions for the Judicial
Service and for persons employed in connection with the administration
of justice in Zimbabwe:
NOW,
THEREFORE, be it enacted by the President and the Parliament of
Zimbabwe as follows:-
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