Courts of Justice Act, 1936

Assignment of Circuit Judges to circuits.

15.—(1) Every person who is appointed to be a judge of the Circuit Court shall—

(a) so long as sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1928 (No. 15 of 1928), continues to have effect, be so appointed either to be the judge permanently assigned to a particular circuit or to be a judge who may, by virtue of the said sub-section (2), be temporarily assigned by the Minister for Justice to any circuit, and

(b) after the said sub-section (2) has ceased to have effect, be so appointed to be the judge assigned to a particular circuit.

(2) So long as the said sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1928 , continues to have effect, the Executive Council may assign permanently to any circuit a judge of the Circuit Court who is for the time being a judge of that Court liable, by virtue of the said sub-section (2), to be temporarily assigned by the Minister for Justice to any circuit.

(3) Any judge of the Circuit Court who is for the time being permanently assigned to a particular circuit may at any time, if he so consents but not otherwise, be transferred by the Executive Council to another circuit, and shall upon such transfer become and be permanently assigned to such other circuit in lieu of the first-mentioned circuit.