Courts of Justice Act, 1936

PART V.

The District Court.

Assignment of justices to districts.

46.—(1) Every person who is appointed to be a justice of the District Court shall be so appointed to be the justice assigned to a particular district.

(2) Any justice of the District Court may at any time, if he so consents but not otherwise, be transferred by the Minister for Justice from the district to which he is then assigned to another district and shall upon such transfer become and be assigned to such other district in lieu of the first-mentioned district.

(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to persons appointed under section 76 of the Principal Act to be temporary assistant justices of the District Court, or appointed under section 13 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1928 (No. 15 of 1928), to be assistant justices of the District Court.