The Governor-General can appoint someone as a Judge by warrant. You need to know that the Governor-General has this power. When Judges are appointed, they get seniority based on when they were appointed. The Governor-General makes these appointments, and the dates of these appointments matter. This is because Judges who were appointed earlier have more seniority than those appointed later. This rule helps decide the seniority of Judges appointed under this section. You can think of seniority like a ranking, where the person appointed first has the highest rank. The dates of appointment are used to determine this ranking. This is how seniority works for Judges appointed by the Governor-General.
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The Governor-General may, by warrant, appoint a person as a Judge.
Judges who are appointed under this section have seniority among themselves according to the dates of their appointment.
