Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

6.   Acting judges

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   (1)   The Judicial and Legal Services Commission may designate generally or for a specific occasion one of the Justices of Appeal to act as Chief Justice in the event that the office of the Chief Justice is vacant or that the Chief Justice is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his or her office.

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   (2)   If one of the Justices of Appeal is acting as Chief Justice or if the office of a Justice of Appeal or a Puisne Judge is vacant or if a Justice of Appeal or a Puisne Judge is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his or her office, the Judicial and Legal Services Commission may appoint a person qualified for appointment as a Justice of Appeal or Puisne Judge to act as a Justice of Appeal or Puisne Judge, as the case may be.

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   (3)   A person appointed under this section to act as Chief Justice, a Justice of Appeal or a Puisne Judge shall (unless he or she earlier resigns his or her appointment or is removed therefrom in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of this Order) continue to act in that office for the period, if any, for which he or she was appointed or until a person has been appointed to and assumed, or has resumed, the functions of that office, as the case may be.

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   (4)   Any person appointed to the office of, or to act as, Chief Justice, Justice of Appeal or Puisne Judge may, notwithstanding the vacation of his or her office or the termination of his or her appointment otherwise than in pursuance of the provisions of section 8 of this Order, sit as a judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise in relation to any proceeding heard by him or her while he or she was holding the office of judge.