QUALIFICATION TO APPOINTMENTS OF THE

MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY

BECOME MEMBERS OF
THE JUDICIARY
The general qualification to become a
member of the Judiciary calls for the
one who must “be a person of proven
competence, integrity, probity (deep
intellectual intelligence), and
independence.” Other than that, Section
7, paragraph 1, states that:

“No person shall be

appointed Member of the
Supreme Court or any lower
collegiate court unless he is
a natural-born citizen of the
Philippines. A Member of
the Supreme Court must be
at least forty years of age,
and must have been fifteen
years or more, a judge of a
lower court or engaged in
the practice of the law in
the Philippines.”