Singapore legislation
Section 36Q
Section 36Q
Appointing committee
(1)
The Chief Justice is to appoint an appointing committee comprising —
an advocate and solicitor who is a Senior Counsel or who has at any time held office as a Supreme Court Judge or a Judicial Commissioner; and
a foreign lawyer of not less than 12 years’ standing who is registered under any provision of this Act which is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
(2)
A member of the appointing committee is appointed for a term of 2 years and is eligible for re‑appointment.
(3)
Where any member of the appointing committee is unable to discharge that member’s functions in relation to any matter, the Chief Justice may appoint, to act in place of that member in that matter, a temporary member of the appointing committee who is qualified in the same manner as that member.
(4)
The Chief Justice may at any time remove from office any member of the appointing committee or fill any vacancy in the membership of the appointing committee.
(5)
The Chief Justice must appoint a solicitor to be the secretary of the appointing committee.
(6)
The functions of the appointing committee are as follows:
to appoint under any relevant provision a solicitor to perform the duties referred to in that provision;
to appoint under subsection (7), in place of any solicitor who ceases to be able to perform the duties referred to in any relevant provision, another solicitor to perform those duties.
(7)
Where any solicitor appointed under any relevant provision ceases to be able to perform the duties referred to in that relevant provision, or where any solicitor appointed under this subsection ceases to be able to perform the duties referred to in any relevant provision —
that solicitor (or the Singapore law practice in which that solicitor practises) must, as soon as practicable after the cessation, notify the appointing committee in writing of the cessation; and
the appointing committee must, within 3 weeks after the date on which it receives the notification under paragraph (a), appoint another solicitor to perform the duties referred to in that relevant provision.
(8)
A solicitor must not be appointed under any relevant provision or subsection (7) unless the members of the appointing committee reach a unanimous decision on the appointment.
(9)
In subsections (3), (4) and (8), a reference to a member of the appointing committee includes a reference to a temporary member appointed under subsection (3).
(10)
In this section, “relevant provision” means section 36S(9)(c), (10)(b) or (15)(b) or 36T(2)(b) or (6)(a).