National Defence Act

Marginal note:Panel established

• 165.22 (1) There is established a Reserve Force Military Judges Panel to which the Governor in Council may name any officer of the reserve force who has been an officer for at least 10 years and who

  • (a) is a barrister or advocate of at least 10 years’ standing at the bar of a province;

  • (b) has been a military judge;

  • (c) has presided at a Standing Court Martial or a Special General Court Martial; or

  • (d) has been a judge advocate at a court martial.

• Marginal note:Reserve force military judge

  (2) An officer named to the panel is referred to in this Act as a “reserve force military judge”.

• Marginal note:Oath

  (3) Every reserve force military judge shall, before commencing the duties of office, take the following oath of office:

  I solemnly and sincerely promise and swear (or affirm) that I will impartially, honestly and faithfully, and to the best of my skill and knowledge, execute the powers and trusts reposed in me as a military judge. (And in the case of an oath: So help me God.)