330 tal-2017
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
L.N. 330 of 2017
CONSTITUTION OF MALTA
Commission for the Administration of Justice
(Election of Members) (Amendment) Rules, 2017
The President of Malta approved the following rules made in
accordance with sub-article (3) of article 101A of the Constitution by
the Rule Making Board, referred to in article 46 of the Constitution
and constituted in terms of article 29 of the Code of Organization and
Civil Procedure, Cap. 12.
These rules may be cited as the Commission for the Citation.
Administration of Justice (Election of Members) (Amendment)
Rules, 2017 and they shall be read and construed as one with the
Commission for the Administration of Justice (Election of Members) S.L. Const. 04
Rules, hereinafter referred to as "the principal rules".
Rule 3 of the principal rules shall be substituted by the Substitution of
The election of the two judges of the superior
courts shall be conducted as follows
(a)
the Chief Justice and each judge shall
have one vote;
(b) the Chief Justice and each judge may
vote for one candidate;
(c)
the two candidates obtaining the highest
number of votes shall, provided that each of them
shall have received the votes of at least one-third
plus one of the valid votes cast, be declared elected
members of the Commission. If only one of the said
two candidates receives one-third plus one of valid
votes cast only that candidate shall be declared
elected;
(d) in the event that the share one-third plus
one of valid votes cast is not achieved by the two
candidates obtaining the highest number of votes or
by any one of them the election in respect of any
unfilled vacancy on the Commission shall be
repeated amongst all unelected candidates and the
requirement to obtain at least one-third plus one of
valid votes cast shall not apply to the said
election.".
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