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(3) The salaries, allowances and other benefits of members of the judiciary are a charge on
the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
(4) The salaries, allowances and other benefits of members of the judiciary must not be
reduced while they hold or act in the office concerned.
PART 3
JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION
8.28 Establishment and composition of Judicial Service Commission
(1) There is a Judicial Service Commission consisting of—
(a) the Chief Justice;
(b) the Deputy Chief Justice;
(c) the Judge President of the High Court;
(d) one judge nominated by the judges of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, the
High Court, the Labour Court and the Administrative Court;
(e) the Attorney-General;
(f) the chief magistrate;
(g) the chairperson of the Civil Service Commission;
(h) three practising legal practitioners of at least seven years’ experience designated by the
association, constituted under an Act of Parliament, which represents legal
practitioners in Zimbabwe;
(i) one professor or senior lecturer of law designated by an association representing the
majority of the teachers of law at Zimbabwean universities or, in the absence of such
an association, appointed by the President;
(j) one person who for at least seven years has practised in Zimbabwe as a public
accountant or auditor, and who is designated by an association, constituted under an
Act of Parliament, which represents such persons; and
(k) one person with at least seven years’ experience in human resources management,
appointed by the President.
(2) The Chief Justice or, in his or her absence, the Deputy Chief Justice presides at
meetings of the Judicial Service Commission, and in the absence of both of them at any meeting
the members present elect one of their number to preside at the meeting.
(3) The members of the Judicial Service Commission referred to in paragraphs (d), (h), (i),
(j) and (k) of subsection (1) are appointed for one non-renewable term of six years.
8.29 Functions of Judicial Service Commission
(1) The Judicial Service Commission may tender advice to the Government on any matter
relating to the judiciary or the administration of justice, and the Government must pay due
regard to any such advice.
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