Victorian Current Acts

HONORARY JUSTICES ACT 2014 - SECT 34

    (1)     The Attorney-General may recommend to the Governor in Council that an honorary justice be removed from office if—

        (a)     the Attorney-General receives a report from an investigator which includes the investigator's findings that facts exist which could constitute grounds for removal of the honorary justice from office; or

        (b)     the honorary justice has been found guilty or convicted of—

              (i)     an offence punishable by a term of imprisonment of 6 months or more; or

              (ii)     an offence, that if committed in Victoria, would constitute an offence referred to in subparagraph (i).

    (2)     If the Attorney-General decides not to recommend the removal of the honorary justice—

        (a)     the Attorney-General must notify the Secretary of the decision as soon as practicable after the decision is made; and

        (b)     if the honorary justice is suspended from office under section 28(1), the Secretary must revoke the suspension.