Courts and Court Officers Act, 2002
Amendment of section 79 of Courts of Justice Act, 1924. |
24.— Section 79 (as amended by section 41 of the Act of 1995) of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 , is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (2), by the insertion of “or no judge stands assigned to a District Court District,” after “a judge for the time being assigned to a District Court District is unavailable,”, and | ||
(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): | ||
“(2A) A judge of the District Court who exercises jurisdiction in a District Court District under subsection (2) of this section may hold a sitting of the District Court in the District Court District at a place or time not standing appointed for the time being for the hearing of cases of summary jurisdiction.”. |