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Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 330 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,907 – 24.11.2017 — 330 tal-2017 – Regoli tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regoli dwar l-Elezzjoni ta’ Membri għall-Kummissjoni għall-Amministrazzjoni tal-Ġustizzja

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.

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 330 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,907 – 24.11.2017 — 330 tal-2017 – Regoli tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regoli dwar l-Elezzjoni ta’ Membri għall-Kummissjoni għall-Amministrazzjoni tal-Ġustizzja

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".

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 330 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,907 – 24.11.2017 — 330 tal-2017 – Regoli tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regoli dwar l-Elezzjoni ta’ Membri għall-Kummissjoni għall-Amministrazzjoni tal-Ġustizzja

Rule 3 of the principal rules shall be substituted by the Substitution of

Malta Government Gazette — Legal Notice 2017 330 · Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,907 – 24.11.2017 — 330 tal-2017 – Regoli tal-2017 li jemendaw ir-Regoli dwar l-Elezzjoni ta’ Membri għall-Kummissjoni għall-Amministrazzjoni tal-Ġustizzja

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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