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Section 5: Eligibility for appointment.

The Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal Act, 1988Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 19 of 1988

A person shall be qualified for appointment under section 4 if he––

(a) is an officer of the [Government of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] and has held, for at least five years, the post of Secretary to Government or any other post under the State or the Central Government carrying a scale of pay which is not less than that of a Secretary to Government ;

(b) is a District and Sessions Judge and is eligible for appointment as a Judge of the High Court.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal Act, 1988
Section5
Marginal noteEligibility for appointment.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted. . Substituted by S.O. 1229(E) dated 31.03.2020 for “Government”. * Now Union territory

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