Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995
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PART III Numbers of Judges of High Court, Circuit Court and District Court | ||
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Number of ordinary judges of High Court. |
9.—(1) The number of ordinary judges of the High Court shall not be more than 19. | |
(2) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Courts Act, 1991 ) of section 14 (1) of the Law Reform Commission Act, 1975 : | ||
“(b) in case on being so appointed he or she is the President of the High Court or an ordinary judge of the High Court, then for so long as he or she continues to hold the judicial office held by him or her on so being appointed— | ||
(i) the number of ordinary judges of the High Court shall not be more than 20, and | ||
(ii) the reference in section 9 (1) of the Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995, to 19 shall be construed as a reference to 20, and”. |