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| (1) The President and other Judges of the Appellate Court shall, upon the advice of the Prime Minister, be appointed to their offices by Letters Patent to be issued under the Public Seal of the Island by the Governor-General. |
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| (2) Every Judge of the Appellate Court shall be appointed for a period of five years. |
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| (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), every Judge of the Appellate Court shall hold office during good behaviour and shall not be removable except by the Governor-General on an address of the House of Representatives. |
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| (4) No act or proceeding of the Appellate Court shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of any vacancy in the office, or any defect in the appointment, of a Judge of that Court. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts