(2) If any person mentioned in this Article declines or neglects, when the oaths required to be taken by him under this Article are duly tendered, to take those oaths, he shall if he has already entered on his office vacate the same, and if he has not entered on the same be disqualified from entering on the same; but no person shall be compelled in respect of the same appointment to the same office to take any oath more than once:
Provided that no proceedings before any such person may be questioned in any Court solely on the ground that that person has failed to take the oaths prescribed by this Article.
Schedule Article 65(1): amended, on 4 August 1965, by section 2(1) of the Cook Islands Constitution Amendment Act 1965 (1965 No 2).
The Judicial Service Commission
66 The Judicial Service Commission
(1) There shall be a Judicial Service Commission, which shall consist of—
- (a) The Chief Judge of the High Court, as president:
- (b) A person nominated from time to time by the Minister in Charge of the Justice Department of the Cook Islands:
- (c) A person, not being an employee of the Cook Islands Public Service or a member of the Legislative Assembly, nominated from time to time, with the concurrence of the Chief Judge of the High Court, by the Minister in Charge of the Justice Department of the Cook Islands.
(2) No business shall be transacted by the Judicial Service Commission unless all three members are present, and all questions proposed for decision by the Commission shall be decided by a majority of the votes of those members.
(3) Subject to this Article, the Judicial Service Commission shall determine its own procedure.
Part V
The public revenues of the Cook Islands
67 Public Funds
There shall be a Cook Islands Government Account and such other public funds or accounts as may be provided by law.
68 Restriction on taxation
No taxation shall be imposed except by law.
69 Public revenue
All taxes and other revenues and money raised or received by the Government of the Cook Islands shall be paid into the Cook Islands Government Account
