President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov signed
a law on introducing additions and changes to the country's Law
"On the Court". The text of the bill was published today
in the official Turkmen press.
According to the new bill, the age limit for the powers of
judges in Turkmenistan was established: for judges of the Supreme
Court of Turkmenistan - seventy years, for judges of other courts -
sixty-five years. However, it is noted that "upon the proposal
of the Chairman of the Supreme Court of Turkmenistan, the age limit
for holding the position of a judge may be extended by the
President of Turkmenistan for five years."
At the same time, the term of office of judges was established:
"the chairman of the court and the deputy chairman of the
court are appointed to the position for a period of five years. The
same person cannot be appointed in the same court to the position
of chairman of the court or deputy chairman of the court for more
than two consecutive
