ARTICLE 25 Tenure of Office of Judges 1. Subject to paragraph 2 of Article 24, a Judge appointed under paragraph 1 of Article 24 of this Treaty, shall hold office for a maximum period of seven years. 2. A Judge shall hold office for the full term of his or her appointment unless he or she resigns or attains seventy (70) years of age or dies or is removed from office in accordance with this Treaty. 3. Where the term of office of a Judge comes to an end by effluxion of time or on resignation before a decision or opinion of the Court with respect to a matter which has been argued before the Court of which he or she was a member is delivered, that Judge shall, only for the purpose of completing that particular matter, continue to sit as a Judge. 4. A Judge may, at any time, resign his or her office by giving three months' written notice to the Chairman of the Summit through the Secretary General. 5. The salary and other terms and conditions of service of a Judge not provided for in this Treaty shall be determined by the Summit on the recommendation of the Council. ARTICLE 26 Removal from Office and Temporary Membership of the Court 1. A Judge shall not be removed from office except by the Summit– (a) for misconduct or for inability to perform the functions of his or her office due to infirmity of mind or body; Provided that a Judge shall only be removed from office under this subparagraph if the question of his or her removal from office has been referred to an ad hoc independent tribunal appointed for this purpose by the Summit and the tribunal has recommended that the Judge be removed from office for misconduct or inability to perform the functions of his or her office; or 27