Courts and Court Officers Act, 2002

Number of judges of District Court.

27.—(1) The Act of 1995 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1) of section 11:

“(1) The number of judges of the District Court in addition to the President of the District Court shall not be more than 52.”.

(2) The Sixth Schedule to the Act of 1961 is amended in paragraph 2(1) by the substitution of the following clause for clause (b) (inserted by section 20 of the Act of 1991 and amended by section 11(2) of the Act of 1995):

“(b) Where, at the time of the appointment of a person to be a judge of the District Court, there are 14 judges of the District Court not permanently assigned to particular districts, the Government shall assign that person permanently to a particular district.”.