Court Officers Act, 1945

Relieving of Master of the High Court of general superintendence and control of High Court Offices.

3.—(1) The Minister, after consultation with the President of the High Court, may by order relieve the Master of the High Court of the general superintendence and control of such of the offices established by Part I of the Principal Act as are attached to the High Court.

(2) On and after the commencement of an order under this section and notwithstanding section 5 of the Principal Act, such officer, being a principal officer attached to the High Court or an officer serving in the Central Office, as the Minister, after consultation with the President of the High Court, may from time to time nominate in that behalf shall have the general superintendence and control of such of the offices established by Part I of the Principal Act as are attached to the High Court, but shall in the exercise of such superintendence and control be subject to the general direction of the Minister in regard to all matters of general administration and to the directions of the President of the High Court in regard to all matters relating to the conduct of that part of the business of the High Court which is for the time being required by law to be transacted by or before one or more of the Judges of that Court.