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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 52

Criminal Justice Commissions

52.
(1) Nothing in this Law shall affect, or be deemed or construed to affect, the legality, constitution, jurisdiction or powers of a Commission established before the appointed date under the Criminal Justice Commissions Act; and accordingly, all inquiries and proceedings commenced by or before any such Commission shall and may be held and continued as required by the said Act.
(2) Where before the proceedings of any Commission established (whether before or after the appointed date) under the said Act are concluded, the Chairman or any other member of that Commission retires from, or ceases to hold, the office of Chief Justice or Judge of the Supreme Court upon reaching the age of retirement fixed by law or upon the coming into operation of this Law, he may, notwithstanding such retirement or cessation of office, continue to hold office as the Chairman or as a member of that Commission until the termination of the proceedings of that Commission and shall be entitled while so continuing to the salary and to the privileges and immunities attaching to the office held by him before such retirement or cessation of office.
(3) Subsection (5) of section 3 of the Criminal Justice Commissions Act is hereby repealed.


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