Courts of Justice Act, 1947

Appointment of additional Circuit Judge.

14.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Courts of Justice Acts, 1924 to 1946, one person (being a person who is appointed, under section 14 of the Act of 1936, to act as a Circuit Judge for a period within which the date of the passing of this Act falls) may, not later than one month after the date of the passing of this Act, be appointed a Circuit Judge.

(2) The following provisions shall apply in respect of a person appointed by virtue of subsection (1) of this section to be a Circuit Judge—

(a) for the purposes of so much of section 41 of the Principal Act as relates to pensions, he shall be deemed to have served as a Circuit Judge during the period of four years ending on the day immediately preceding the date of his appointment as a Circuit Judge,

(b) his appointment under section 14 of the Act of 1936 shall terminate on his appointment as a Circuit Judge,

(c) subsection (1) of section 15 of the Act of 1936 shall not apply in respect of him, but the Government may at any time permanently assign him to a particular circuit,

(d) until the commencement of Part III of this Act or the date of his permanent assignment to a circuit, whichever is the earlier, subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1936 shall apply in respect of him as it applies to a person referred to in the said subsection (2).

(3) So long as a person appointed by virtue of subsection (1) of this section to be a Circuit Judge holds office and is not permanently assigned to a circuit, subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1928 shall have effect as if the word “eleven” were substituted for the word “ten”.