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(10)
If the question of removing a judge from office has been referred to a tribunal under this section, the
judge is suspended from office until the President, on the recommendation of the tribunal, revokes
the suspension or removes the judge from office.
(11)
An Act of Parliament may empower the Judicial Service Commission or a tribunal appointed under
this section to require any judge to submit to a medical examination by a medical board established
for that purpose, in order to ascertain his or her physical or mental health.
188 Conditions of service and tenure of members of judiciary
(1)
Judges are entitled to the salaries, allowances and other benefits fixed from time to time by the
Judicial Service Commission with the approval of the President given after consultation with the
Minister responsible for justice and on the recommendation of the Minister responsible for finance.
(2)
An Act of Parliament must provide for the conditions of service of judicial officers other than judges
and must ensure that their promotion, transfer and dismissal, and any disciplinary steps taken against
them, take place-(a) with the approval of the Judicial Service Commission; and
(b) in a fair and transparent manner and without fear, favour or prejudice.
(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
189 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;
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