sec.21Retirement of judges

### sec.21 Retirement of judges A judge must retire on reaching 70 years of age. Despite subsection (1) — a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of finishing the proceeding; and a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to act as a judge under section 6 (4) remains a judge until the judge’s appointment ends. s 21 amd 1997 No. 38 s 111 sub 2011 No. 45 s 181 amd 2013 No. 35 s 170 (sec.21-ssec.1) A judge must retire on reaching 70 years of age. (sec.21-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) — a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of finishing the proceeding; and a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to act as a judge under section 6 (4) remains a judge until the judge’s appointment ends. - (a) a judge who, before retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1) , starts the hearing of a proceeding remains a judge for the purposes of finishing the proceeding; and - (b) a retired Supreme Court judge appointed to act as a judge under section 6 (4) remains a judge until the judge’s appointment ends.