OBJECTS AND REASONS(raising the age of retirement for judges)
This Act seeks to make an amendment to the Constitution of The Bahamas.
Clauses 3 and 4 seek to amend Articles 96 and 102 of the Constitution, respectively. The retiring age of a Supreme Court Judge will be 68 years with a possible extension to 72 years and the retiring age of a Justice of the Court of Appeal will be 72 years with a possible extension to 75 years.
It should be noted that by virtue of Article 54 of the Constitution Articles 96 and 102 must, at the final voting thereon in each House, be supported by the votes of not less than three-quarters of all the members of each House and a vote must be taken by way of a referendum held in accordance with the Constitutional Referendum Act, Chapter 1.
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