| 单词 | Judge |
| 释义 | 法官 1. To adjudicate, try, grant remedy or pass sentence. 2. A person invested with authority to decide questions in dispute between parties, and to afford appropriate punishment to offenders. Judges in Hong Kong SAR are appointed by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of an independent commission composed of local judges, legal professionals and eminent individuals (the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission). Judges are chosen on the basis of their judicial and professional qualities and may be recruited from other common law jurisdictions: Basic Law art 88, 92. At least ten years’ and five years’ legal practice experience are mandatory for appointment as judge of the High Court and District Court respectively: High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) s 9(1); District Court Ordinance (Cap 336) s 5. For appointment as a magistrate, no less than five years’ legal practice experience is required usually. A judge may only be removed for inability to discharge his or her duties, or for misbehaviour, by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of a tribunal appointed by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal (‘CJ’) and consisting of not fewer than three local judges. Likewise, the CJ may be investigated only for inability to discharge his or her duties, or for misbehaviour, by a tribunal appointed by the Chief Executive and consisting of not fewer than five local judges and may be removed by the Chief Executive on the recommendation of the tribunal: Basic Law art 89. Judges have security of tenure until they reach retirement age (either 60 or 65 years for District Court judges and 65 for judges of the Court of Final Appeal and the High Court): District Court Ordinance (Cap 336) s 11A; High Court Ordinance (Cap 4) s 11A; Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance (Cap 484) s 14. Magistrates may be appointed on pensionable terms or on contract. If a judge dies after a hearing has commenced, the proceedings may be started anew or, with the consent of the parties, another judge be substituted to proceed with the cause and give judgment based on evidence already received and recorded, and upon further evidence adduced in the proceedings: for example, District Court Ordinance (Cap 336) s 62. 1. 作出判決、進行審訊、給予補救或判處刑罰的人。 2. 被賦予權力就各方之間的爭議作出決定，並對罪犯判處刑罰的人。香港特別行政區法院的法官，根據當地法官和法律界及其他方面知名人士組成的獨立委員會 （司法人員推薦委員會）推薦，由行政長官任命。法官和其他司法人員，應根據其本人的司法和專業才能選用，並可從其他普通法適用地區聘用：基本法第88、92條。任命為高等法院及區域法院的法官須強制性地備有分別為不少於10年及5年從事法律執業的經驗：《高等法院條例》（第4章）第9條(1)；《區域法院條例》（第336章）第5條。香港特別行政區法院的法官只有在無力履行職責或行為不檢的情況下，行政長官才可根據終審法院首席法官任命的不少於三名當地法官組成的審議庭的建議，予以免職。首席法官只有在無力履行職責或行為不檢的情況下，行政長官才可任命不少於五名當地法官組成的審議庭進行審議，並可根據其建議，予以免職：基本法第89條。法官的任期可保證至退休年齡為止 （區域法院法官的退休年齡為60歲或65歲，終審法院及高等法院的法官的退休年齡為65歲）：《區域法院條例》（第336章）第11A條；《高等法院條例》（第4章）第11A條；《香港終審法院條例》（第484章）第14條。裁判官可以可享退休金或合約的形式被任命。如某法官在展開聆訊後死亡，該等程序可重新展開，或在訟案各方同意下，可由另一位代替的法官可繼續就任何已獲收取並予記錄的證據，及就在該法律程序中援引的任何進一步證據進行該審訊並作出判決：如《區域法院條例》（第336章）第62條。n. |
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