40Appointment of Judge as Commissioner not to affect tenure etc.

40 Appointment of Judge as Commissioner not to affect tenure etc.

(1) The appointment of a Federal Judge as a Commissioner, or service by a Federal Judge as a Commissioner, does not affect the person’s tenure of his or her judicial office or the person’s rank, title, status, precedence, salary, annual or other allowances or other rights or privileges as the holder of that judicial office and, for all purposes, the person’s service as a Commissioner shall be taken to be service as the holder of that judicial office. (2) In this section:

Federal Judge means a Judge other than a Judge of a State.

judicial office, in relation to a person, means the office because of which the person is a Federal Judge.