Article 96Tenure of office of Judges

art. 96

96. Tenure of office of Judges (1) Subject to the other provisions of this article, a Judge shall hold office until he attains the age of sixty-seven years. [(2) A Judge shall not be removed from his office except by an order of the President passed pursuant to a resolution of Parliament supported by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of Parliament, on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity. (3) Parliament may by law regulate the procedure in relation to a resolution under clause (2) and for investigation and proof of the misbehaviour or incapacity of a Judge. (4) A Judge may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the President.]

1. 62. Clauses (2), (3) and (4) were substituted for the clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) by section 2 of the Constitution (Sixteenth Amendment) Act, 2014 (Act No. XIII of 2014).