The judiciary committee has decided to set the age limit for Judicial Service Commission (JSC) membership to 30.

The committee initially proposed to set the age limit to 40 years of age, however, lawyers and the Bar Council highlighted that 25-year-olds can become judges and 30-year-olds can be appointed to the Supreme Court.

At Monday’s meeting, the committee passed the amendment to set the age limit to 30, and to ban JSC members from practicing law. JSC members were previously criticized for representing clients in court.

Other amendments include transferring the Judicial Academy’s administrative employees, resources, as well as financial and civil responsibilities to the Department of Judicial Administration.

The judiciary committee will be sending the new JSC regulation to the parliament floor for voting.