Judges' Ethics Committee Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Sep 2019 · Part II
5. Membership of the Committee
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Committee
“Committee” means the Judges’ Ethics Committee constituted under section 3;
Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya,
judge
“judge” means a judge of the High Court, a judge of the Court of Appeal and a judge of the Federal Court, and includes a Judicial Commissioner;
Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, judge of the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal or a High Court as the
Chief Justice of the Federal Court thinks fit to appoint.
The Chief Justice of the Federal Court shall be the Chairman of the Committee, unless he is the complainant, in which case the next senior judge shall be the Chairman.
Chairman
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Committee appointed under section 5.
The appointment of the members of the Committee shall be on an ad hoc basis.
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Notwithstanding any provisions of this Act, the members of the Committee shall comprise judges who are senior in the order of precedence to the judge who is the subject of a disciplinary proceeding.