(c) the Judge is acquitted of an offence referred to in paragraph 1(d) by a court of competent jurisdiction in a Partner State. 3. The tribunal appointed under paragraph 1(a) of this Article shall consist of three eminent Judges drawn from within the Commonwealth of Nations. 4. At any time when the President of the Appellate Division, or the Principal Judge of the First Instance Division of the Court is for any reason unable to perform the functions of his or her office, those functions shall be performed by the Vice-President or the Deputy Principal Judge, as the case may be. 5. The procedure for filling vacancies in the Court shall be prescribed in rules of the Court. If a Judge is directly or indirectly interested in a case before the Court, and if he or she considers that the nature of his or her interest is such that it would be prejudicial for him or her to take part in that case, such a Judge shall, if in the First Instance Division, make a report to the Principal Judge, or, if in the Appellate Division, make a report to the President, and if the President or Principal Judge considers the Judge’s interest in the case prejudicial, the President or Principal Judge, as the case may be, shall make a report to the Chairperson of the Summit, and the Summit shall appoint a temporary Judge to act for that case only in place of the substantive Judge. 6. 7. If the President or Principal Judge of the Court is directly or indirectly interested in a case before the Court he or she shall, if he or she considers that the nature of his or her interest is such that it would be prejudicial for him or her to take part in that case, make a report to the Chairperson of the Summit and the Summit shall appoint a temporary President or Principal Judge of the Court to act as President or Principal Judge of the Court for that case only in place of the substantive President or Principal Judge of the Court. ARTICLE 27 Jurisdiction of the Court 1. The Court shall initially have jurisdiction over the interpretation and application of this Treaty: Provided that the Court’s jurisdiction to interpret under this paragraph shall not include the application of any such interpretation to jurisdiction conferred by the Treaty on organs of Partner States. 29