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(e) The committee may, if it thinks necessary, require the Complainant to appear before the committee but shall give an opportunity to the Judicial Officer against whom the complaint is made to be heard. (f) After conducting an investigation, the Committee shall decide whether any allegations made in the complaint have been proved and if it so decides it shall:- (i) Inform the Chief Justice accordingly making any recommendations, it thinks fit; (ii) Inform the complainant and the Judicial Officer whose conduct was investigated, of its findings. (g) Any recommendation made to the Chief Justice shall state whether the conduct of the Judicial Officer is of such gravity that the matter should be referred to the Judicial and Legal Service Commission. (h) The Chief Justice shall cause to be kept a register in which shall be recorded all complaints investigated by the Committee and the outcome of such complaints. Kerin Pillans - Final Report - Codes of Judicial Conduct in the Pacific - Appendix 3 Page 25 of 27
8. INTERPRETATION In this Code:- words importing the masculine gender include female; words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural the singular, “family” means the spouse and children of the Judicial Officer; “Judicial Officer” means the Chief Justice, a Judge of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the High Court, a Judge Advocate, the Registrar of the High Court, the Registrar of the Court of Appeal, any Deputy Registrar, a Magistrate or any Justice of the Pace performing the functions of a Magistrate; “Committee” means the Judicial Ethics Committee established by the Chief Justice under paragraph 6.1. 9. COMMENCEMENT This Code shall come into force on the [ ] day of [ ] 2011. Kerin Pillans - Final Report - Codes of Judicial Conduct in the Pacific - Appendix 3 Page 26 of 27
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