CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE office of the judge concerned ought to be investigated, the President shall appoint a tribunal to inquire into the matter. [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981, by section 6 of Act 4 of 1985 and by section 20 of Act 23 of 1987] accordance with subsection (6) and the Commission advises that the judge be removed from office, the President shall, by order under the public seal, remove the judge from office. (4) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) shall consist of not less than three members selected by the President from the following— (a) persons who have held office as a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court; (b) persons who hold or have held office as a judge of a court having unlimited jurisdiction in civil or criminal matters in a country in which the common law is Roman-Dutch or English, and English is an official language; (c) legal practitioners of not less than seven years’ standing who have been nominated under subsection (5); (d) [Paragraph repealed by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981] one of whom shall be designated by the President as chairman. [Subsection as amended by sections 6 and 13 of Act 25 of 1981] (4a) In computing, for the purposes of subsection (4) (c), the period during which a person has had standing as a legal practitioner, any period during which he has had standing as an advocate or attorney in Zimbabwe shall be included. [Subsection as inserted by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981] (5) It shall be the duty of the association which is constituted under an Act of Parliament and which represents legal practitioners practising in Zimbabwe to nominate a panel containing the names of not less than three duly qualified legal practitioners for the purposes of subsection (4) (c) when so required by the President. 88 Remuneration of judges [Subsection as amended by section 6 of Act 25 of 1981] (6) A tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) shall inquire into the matter and report on the facts thereof to the President and recommend to the President whether or not he should refer the question of the removal of the judge from office to the Judicial Service Commission, and the President shall act in accordance with such recommendation. (7) The provisions of the Commissions of Inquiry Act [Chapter 80] as in force at the time or any other law substituted for the same shall, mutatis mutandis, apply in relation to a tribunal appointed under subsection (2) or (3) as they apply to commissioners appointed under that Act. (8) If the question of removing a judge of the Supreme Court or the High Court from office has been referred to a tribunal under subsection (2) or (3), the judge shall be suspended from performing the functions of his office until the President, on the recommendation of the tribunal or the Judicial Service Commission, revokes the suspension or the judge is removed from office in accordance with subsection (9). [Subsection as amended by section 13 of Act 25 of 1981] (9) If the question of the removal of a judge has been referred to the Judicial Service Commission in (1) There shall be charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund to a person who holds the office of or is acting as Chief Justice, a judge of the 59 ss 81–85