Courts Act, 1991

Permanent assignment of justices of District Court to districts.

20.—The Sixth Schedule to the Act of 1961 is hereby amended in paragraph 2 (1) by the substitution for clause (b) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following:

“(b) Where, at the time of the appointment of a person to be a justice of the District Court, there are 11 justices of the District Court not permanently assigned to particular districts, the Government shall assign that person permanently to a particular district.”.