The Attorney General’s Office has compiled new regulations to elect a member to represent lawyers for the ten-member judicial oversight body.
The regulations publicised on Sunday set new qualifications for a lawyer to stand for the Judicial Services Commission (JSC). A lawyer must be above 25 years of age, and must not hold political party membership or a criminal record.
Further, if a lawyer has completed a five year term previously, they will not be eligible to stand again.
The election will be held at the AG office. The office will give ten days notice to all lawyers before elections take place. Polls will be open from 8:30am – 4: 30pm on election day. If the date falls during the month of Ramadan, polls will be open from 9:30am – 3:30pm.
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