61RZ02 - The Judicial Retirement Oh Boy Here We Go Again Act

WHEREAS the Cort pü Inalt has clarified the scope and effect of Organic Law VIII.4, stating that the Ziu needs a 2/3 majority to issue a Notice of Reprimand forcing the retirement of a Judge on that Cort, that this can be done for any reason, and that there is no provision for a lesser threshold in case of inactivity;

AND WHEREAS the existing statute law which relates to this (El Lexhatx G.11.1) which governs the application to that law, is either no longer relevant or no longer Organic;

AND WHEREAS it would nevertheless be good to have a provision for the Clerk of Corts to let the Ziu know of situations where a vote on judicial tenure might be appropriate:

BE IT ENACTED by the King, Cosă and Senäts in Ziu assembled that El Lexhatx G.11.1, which currently reads:

Uppermost Cort Judges may be compelled to retire through organic removal from office through an act of the Ziu in accordance with Article VIII of the Organic Law. In accordance with the appropriate section, the inactivity of a Justice is defined as the failure of that Justice to act, rule, or appear in an open case the Justice is assigned to or participating in for more than 60 days, as certified by the Ziu in a majority vote.

shall be amended to read in full:

To assist the Ziu in its duty to scrutinize the conduct of Cort pü Inalt Judges and to issue of Notices of Reprimand as provided for in the Organic Law where necessary or appropriate, the Clerk of Corts shall give formal public notice to the Ziu whenever:

a) a Cort pü Inalt's Judge's term is within 90 days of expiry;

b) the Clerk of the Corts, contacting the members of the CpI to assign a case as described in this title, has been unable to contact a Judge or has not received any response to their enquiries within 30 days;

c) a Judge has failed to act, rule, or appear in an open case the Judge is assigned to or participating in for more than 60 days.

Ureu q'estadra så,
Dame Miestră Schivă (Seneschal, on behalf of His Majesty's Government)