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The Governor General shall appoint the judges of the superior, district, and county courts in each province, except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Until the laws relative to property and civil rights in Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, and the procedure of the courts in those provinces, are made uniform, the judges of the courts of those provinces appointed by the Governor General shall be selected from the respective bars of those provinces.
The judges of the courts of Quebec shall be selected from the bar of that province.
(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the judges of the superior courts shall hold office during good behaviour, but shall be removable by the Governor General on address of the Senate and House of Commons.
(2)A judge of a superior court, whether appointed before or after the coming into force of this section, shall cease to hold office upon attaining the age of seventy-five years, or upon the coming into force of this section if at that time he has already attained that age.]
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F1S. 99 substituted by British North America Act 1960 (c. 2), s. 1
The salaries, allowances, and pensions of the judges of the superior, district, and county courts (except the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick), and of the Admiralty Courts in cases where the judges thereof are for the time being paid by salary, shall be fixed and provided by the Parliament of Canada.
The Parliament of Canada may, notwithstanding anything in this Act, from time to time provide for the constitution, maintenance, and organization of a General Court of Appeal for Canada, and for the establishment of any additional court for the better administration of the laws of Canada.
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