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Section 25, The Judicial Service Commission Regulations, 1968

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(1) The Commission may on the application of ajudicial officer revise any decision taken by it in ischarge of its functions. restoration tbereof. (2) Before any such application is consideredtheapplicant shall satisfy the Commission that all the followingconditions are fulfilled (a) evidence of new facts has come to light which isboth creditable and reasonable and of such anature that had it been available at the time it might have altered the decision sought to berevised ; (6) a revision is necessary to prevent a miscarriage ofjustice or the continuance of an obviouslyundesirable state of affairs; (c) the application could not reasonably have beenmade at an earlier date. (3) Where the decision revision of which is sought was made in disciplinary proceedings, it shall not, in principle, be disturbed unless it is reasonably clear from unequivocal docu mentary or oral evidence that the decision was Wrong. (4) Where the Commission has given a decision on any application made under paragraph (1) it shall not entertain a second application in the same case until a year has elapsed fromn the date of such application and in no case shall it entertain a third application in the same case. MADE this Ist day of. June, 1967. BANJA TEJANSIE, Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission. In exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 86 and 102 of the Constitution as adapted by the Administration of Sierra Leone (National Reformation Council) Proclamation, 1967, the National Reformation Council hereby consents to the making of the above written Regulations and to the conferment and imposition therein of divers powers and duties upon public officers and likewise approves the delegation conferred upon the Chairman in Regulation 10 thereof. IssUED this 16th day of October, 1967. BRIG. A. T. JUXON-SMITH, Chairman, National Reformation Council. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations but is intended to indicate thetr general purport.) The object of the Regulations is to replace the Judicial Ser vice Commission Regulations 1960, which required to be brought into line with the 1961 Constitution and subsequent Legislation. B 37

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