Chapter 8 Self-test questions

The Judiciary and their appointment
. How many members of the Supreme Court are there?

. How is a circuit judge normally addressed in court?

. Who is the head of the judiciary?

. Which of the following judges sit part-time?

. What is the record total number of female Justices who have sat in the Supreme Court?

. Who is the Head of Civil Justice?

. The Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Commission is a lay person (i.e. someone who is not a judge nor a lawyer).

. What 'rank' of judge is the Senior President of Tribunals?

. Circuit judges wear a ___ coloured robe.

. The collective noun for lay magistrates is a Bench of Magistrates.

. What is the maximum age for appointment as a magistrate?

. What is the minimum number of times a magistrate should sit annually?

. A District Judge (Magistrates' Court) will ordinarily sit as chair with two lay magistrates' assisting him.

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