Supreme Court Act 1887
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2 Additional puisne judges
[Section 2 Amended by 26 Geo. V No. 16, s. 7 ][Section 2 Amended by No. 18 of 1951, s. 2 ][Section 2 Amended by No. 30 of 1958, s. 2 ][Section 2 Substituted by No. 88 of 1975, s. 2 ][Section 2 Amended by No. 37 of 1984, s. 4 ][Section 2 Amended by No. 9 of 2016, s. 6, Applied:10 Jun 2016] In addition to the Chief Justice and the puisne judge of the Supreme Court required to be appointed under the Charter of Justice, the Governor may appoint persons to be additional puisne judges of the Supreme Court, so long as at any one time there are not more than 5 such additional puisne judges.