Courts of Justice Act, 1947
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Appointment of additional Circuit Judge. |
14.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Courts of Justice Acts, 1924 to 1946, one person (being a person who is appointed, under section 14 of the Act of 1936, to act as a Circuit Judge for a period within which the date of the passing of this Act falls) may, not later than one month after the date of the passing of this Act, be appointed a Circuit Judge. | |
(2) The following provisions shall apply in respect of a person appointed by virtue of subsection (1) of this section to be a Circuit Judge— | ||
(a) for the purposes of so much of section 41 of the Principal Act as relates to pensions, he shall be deemed to have served as a Circuit Judge during the period of four years ending on the day immediately preceding the date of his appointment as a Circuit Judge, | ||
(b) his appointment under section 14 of the Act of 1936 shall terminate on his appointment as a Circuit Judge, | ||
(c) subsection (1) of section 15 of the Act of 1936 shall not apply in respect of him, but the Government may at any time permanently assign him to a particular circuit, | ||
(d) until the commencement of Part III of this Act or the date of his permanent assignment to a circuit, whichever is the earlier, subsection (2) of section 14 of the Act of 1936 shall apply in respect of him as it applies to a person referred to in the said subsection (2). | ||
(3) So long as a person appointed by virtue of subsection (1) of this section to be a Circuit Judge holds office and is not permanently assigned to a circuit, subsection (1) of section 9 of the Act of 1928 shall have effect as if the word “eleven” were substituted for the word “ten”. |