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The Turks and Caicos Islands Constitution Order 1988
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Constitution of Supreme Court.
49.—(1) There shall be a Supreme Court for the Turks and Caicos Islands which shall have such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred upon it by this Constitution and any other law.
(2) The judges of the Supreme Court shall be a Chief Justice and such number of other judges (if any) as may be prescribed by law:
Provided that the office of a judge shall not, without his consent, be abolished during his continuance in office.
(3) The judges of the Supreme Court shall be persons qualified for appointment under subsection (4) of this section and shall be appointed by the Governor, acting in his discretion, by instrument under the public seal.
(4) The qualifications for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court shall be such as may be prescribed by law:
Provided that a person who has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court may continue in office notwithstanding any subsequent variation in the qualifications so prescribed.
(5) It shall be lawful for a person qualified for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court to be so appointed (regardless of his age) for such term as may be specified in the instrument of appointment, and section 50 of this Constitution shall have effect in relation to any person so appointed as if he would attain the retiring age applicable to that office on the day on which the specified term expires.
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