{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-constitution-order-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-constitution-order-1988/schedule-1/paragraph-45.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1842",
  "legislation_title": "The St. Helena Constitution Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/st-helena-constitution-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/45",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Appointment of Chief Justice.",
  "text": "(1) The Governor shall, on instructions given by Her Majesty through a Secretary of State, appoint a judge of the Supreme Court who shall be styled the Chief Justice of St. Helena.\n(2) An appointment under subsection (1) of this section shall be made by letters patent under the public seal and a person so appointed shall hold office on such terms and conditions as the Governor shall, in accordance with such instructions aforesaid, prescribe.\n(3) If–\n(a) there is no subsisting appointment under subsection (1) of this section; or\n(b) the Chief Justice has not assumed, or is, for any reason, unable to perform the functions of, his office; or\n(c) the Chief Justice is absent from St. Helena and its Dependencies,\nthe Governor may, acting in his discretion, appoint a fit and proper person to act as Judge of the Supreme Court.\n(4) An appointment under subsection (3) of this section–\n(a) shall expire–\n(i) on the assumption, or the resumption, of the functions of his office by the Chief Justice, or on the return of the Chief Justice to St. Helena and its Dependencies, as the case may be;\n(ii) at the end of the period, if any, for which it was made,whichever first occurs; and\n(b) if not made for any specific period, may be revoked by the Governor, acting in his discretion.\n(5) Every person appointed to the office of Chief Justice or to act as Judge of the Supreme Court shall, before entering upon the functions of his office, make the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath in the forms set out in the Schedule to this Constitution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1842/schedule/1/paragraph/45",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}