Court Organization Act Article 51-7

The term of office for the presiding judge of the Grand Chamber, assigned by the president, as mentioned in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, and the elected judges of the Grand Chamber, as mentioned in paragraph 2 of the preceding Article, is two years. The candidates for elected judges and substitutes are selected by a secret ballot in a judge meeting, from the entire board of judges of civil court divisions or criminal court divisions, prioritized by the number of votes from high to low, and in compliance with the method as mentioned in the provisions of paragraph 3 of the preceding Article. If the president, or the presiding judge as assigned by the president, is absent or is not available to serve as the presiding judge for any reason, the vacancy shall be filled by a substitute judge, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and the most senior member of the division chief judges of the Grand Chamber shall serve as the presiding judge; if no division chief judge is available, the most senior court judge, prioritized by experience, shall fill the vacancy; if more than one judge has the same seniority by experience, the judge with the most seniority, prioritized by age, shall serve the position. If an elected judge of the Grand Chamber is absent or not available to serve as the judge for the Civil Grand Chamber or the Criminal Grand Chamber, the vacancy shall be filled by a substitute judge, as mentioned in the preceding paragraph.If the assigned judge of the court submitting the case, as mentioned in paragraph 2 of the preceding Article, is absent or is not available to serve as a judge of the Civil Grand Chamber or the Criminal Grand Chamber, the court submitting the case shall assign another judge to serve the position.When there is a change of judges due to a reelection in the Civil Grand Chamber or the Criminal Grand Chamber, legal disputes under review by the Civil Grand Chamber or the Criminal Grand Chamber, shall remain with the same Civil Grand Chamber or Criminal Grand Chamber, until the review has reached its conclusion. If a judge of the said Civil Grand Chamber or Criminal Grand Chamber, is absent or is not available to serve as the judge, the position shall be filled by a substitute judge, who was selected at the time the legal dispute was submitted to the Civil Grand Chamber or the Criminal Grand Chamber.If the recusal at the judgment of Grand Chamber by a judge of the Grand Chamber who was previously involved in the judgment of the case submitted by the court before the rehearing will render the court without any member from the Grand Chamber, the recusal will not be necessary. The request for recusal of a judge in the Grand Chamber shall be ruled by a collegial panel of the Grand Chamber. When the aforesaid ruling prohibits the judge whose recusal is requested from participating, the candidate for substitution shall be based on the provisions in paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 or the substitute will be appointed. The substation shall end on the judgment day of the case for which the recusal is requested. When the president, the presiding judge of the Grand Chamber appointed by the president or a judge of the Grand Chamber is absent, the substitute shall serve until the end of the original tenure. When the presiding judge or any judge of the Grand Chamber is unable to serve due to circumstances, the substitute or the appointed candidate shall serve the tenure for the Grand Chamber's duty until the conclusion of the circumstances. However, the substitute shall serve until the expiry of the original tenure if the remaining tenure is less than three months.