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JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 29

Reports to Governor

29 Reports to Governor

(1) If the Conduct Division decides that a complaint is wholly or partly substantiated and forms an opinion that the matter could justify parliamentary consideration of the removal of the judicial officer from office, it must present to the Governor a report setting out the Division's findings of fact and that opinion.
(2A) A copy of the report must be furnished forthwith to the Minister.
(3) The Minister shall lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after the report is presented to the Governor.
(4) The Minister may present the report to the Clerks of both Houses of Parliament when Parliament is not sitting, and thereupon the report shall for all purposes be deemed to have been laid before both Houses of Parliament, but the Minister shall nevertheless lay the report or cause it to be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable after Parliament resumes.
(5) A report presented to the Clerk of a House of Parliament may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House and shall for all purposes be deemed to be a document published by order or under the authority of the House.
(6) A copy of any report presented to the Governor shall also be furnished forthwith to the Commission and, after it has been laid before each House of Parliament, to the complainant.
(8) A copy of any report referred to in this section shall also be furnished to the judicial officer concerned.



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