Courts of Justice Act, 1953

Number of justices.

25.—On the occurrence after the commencement of the order made under section 22 of this Act of each vacancy in the office of district justice the maximum number of justices shall stand reduced by one until such time as it is reduced by the number by which the number of districts is reduced in consequence of the said order, and section 16 of the Act of 1946 (inserted therein by section 3 of the Courts of Justice (District Court) Act, 1949 (No. 8 of 1949)) shall stand modified accordingly.