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Judicial branch Guyana, in 36 editions.
The entry for Guyana published Judicial branch in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 11 editions. Each is shown as published. Judicial branch in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 11
- the first edition with it
- 1990
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Judicial branch” (1990 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- Supreme Court of Judicature Chief of State--President Hugh Desmond HOYTE (since 6 August 1985);
- First Vice President Hamilton GREEN (since 6 August 1985);
- Head of Government--Prime Minister Hamilton GREEN (since 6 August 1985)
Supreme Court of Judicature Chief of State--President Hugh Desmond HOYTE (since 6 August 1985); First Vice President Hamilton GREEN (since 6 August 1985); Head of Government--Prime Minister Hamilton GREEN (since 6 August 1985)
- Supreme Court of Judicature Chief of State--Executive President Hugh Desmond HOYTE (since 6 August 1985);
- First Vice President Hamilton GREEN (since 6 August 1985);
- Head of Government--Prime Minister Hamilton GREEN (since NA August 1985) People's National Congress (PNC), Hugh Desmond HOYTE;
- People's Progressive Party (PPP), Cheddi JAGAN;
- Working People's Alliance (WPA), Eusi KWAYANA, Rupert ROOPNARINE, Moses BHAGWAN;
- Democratic Labor Movement (DLM), Paul TENNASSEE;
- People's Democratic Movement (PDM), Llewellyn JOHN;
- National Democratic Front (NDF), Joseph BACCHUS;
- United Force (UF), Marcellus Feilden SINGH;
- United Republican Party (URP), Leslie RAMSAMMY;
- National Republican Party (NRP), Robert GANGADEEN
Rewritten: too little of the 1990 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court of Judicature Chief of State--Executive President Hugh Desmond HOYTE (since 6 August 1985); First Vice President Hamilton GREEN (since 6 August 1985); Head of Government--Prime Minister Hamilton GREEN (since NA August 1985) People's National Congress (PNC), Hugh Desmond HOYTE; People's Progressive Party (PPP), Cheddi JAGAN; Working People's Alliance (WPA), Eusi KWAYANA, Rupert ROOPNARINE, Moses BHAGWAN; Democratic Labor Movement (DLM), Paul TENNASSEE; People's Democratic Movement (PDM), Llewellyn JOHN; National Democratic Front (NDF), Joseph BACCHUS; United Force (UF), Marcellus Feilden SINGH; United Republican Party (URP), Leslie RAMSAMMY; National Republican Party (NRP), Robert GANGADEEN
The same text in 8 editions, 1992 to 1999.
Supreme Court of Judicature
Rewritten: too little of the 1991 text remains to mark the changes.
Supreme Court of Judicature
The same text in 6 editions, 2000 to 2005.
- Supreme Court of Judicature;
- Judicial Court of Appeal;
- High Court
Supreme Court of Judicature Judicature; Judicial Court of Appeal; High Court
The same text in 3 editions, 2006 to 2008.
Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Judicial Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice
Supreme Court of Judicature; Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Judicial Court of Appeal; High Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice
The same text in 4 editions, 2009 to 2012.
Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
Supreme Court of Judicature, consisting of the High Court and the Judicial Court of Appeal, with right of final appeal to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- highest court(s):
Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels)
note - in 2009, Guyana ceased final appeals in civil and criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community
- judge selection and term of office:
- Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president;
- other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president;
- judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
- subordinate courts:
- Land Court; magistrates' courts
Rewritten: too little of the 2012 text remains to mark the changes.
highest court(s):
Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels)
note - in 2009, Guyana ceased final appeals in civil and criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community
judge selection and term of office:
Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president; other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
subordinate courts:
Land Court; magistrates' courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2015 to 2017.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels);
- note - in 2009, Guyana ceased final appeals in civil and criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community
- judge selection and term of office:
- Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president;
- other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president;
- judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
- subordinate courts:
- Land Court; magistrates' courts
highest court(s):panels)panels); note - in 2009, Guyana ceased final appeals in civil and criminal cases to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community
judge selection and term of office:
subordinate courts:
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels);
- note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London
- judge selection and term of office:
- Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president;
- other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president;
- judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
- subordinate courts:
- Land Court; magistrates' courts
highest court(s): courts: Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels); note - in 2009, Guyana ceased acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final appeals court of appeal in civil and criminal cases to cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London), replacing it with the Caribbean Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the Caribbean Community in London
judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president; other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: Land Court; magistrates' courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2019 to 2021.
- highest courts:
- Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels);
- note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president;
- other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president;
- judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
- subordinate courts:
- Land Court; magistrates' courts
highest courts: Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels); note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London (in London)
judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president; other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: Land Court; magistrates' courts
The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels);
- note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)
- judge selection and term of office:
- Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president;
- other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president;
- judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
- subordinate courts:
- Land Court; magistrates' courts
highest courts: court(s): Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels); note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)
judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president; other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: Land Court; magistrates' courts
- highest court(s):
- Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels);
- Caribbean Court of Justice is the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases
- judge selection and term of office:
- Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president;
- other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president;
- judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
- subordinate courts:
- Land Court; magistrates' courts
highest court(s): Supreme Court of Judicature (consists of the Court of Appeal with a chief justice and 3 justices, and the High Court with a chief justice and 10 justices organized into 3- or 5-judge panels); note - in 2009, Guyana acceded to the Caribbean Court of Justice as is the final court of appeal in civil and criminal cases, replacing that of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London) cases
judge selection and term of office: Court of Appeal and High Court chief justices appointed by the president; other judges of both courts appointed by the Judicial Service Commission, a body appointed by the president; judges appointed for life with retirement at age 65
subordinate courts: Land Court; magistrates' courts
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Guyana: Judicial branch.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/guyana/judicial-branch.