(1) For the purposes of this Part the %[Central Government] shall divide the territories under its administration into civil districts. :
(2) The ®[Central Government] may alter the limits or the number of these districts.
20. The *[Central Government] shall appoint as many persons as it thinks necessary to be District Judges, and shall post one such person to each district as District Judge of that District:
Provided that the same person may, if the "[Central Government] thinks fit, be appointed to be District Judge of two or more districts.
*|21. (1) The °[Central Government], in consultation with the High Court, may also appoint Additional District Judges to exercise jurisdiction in one or more courts of the District Judges.
"Repealed by Punjab Act IV of 1919, section 2Q1).
2The words “the Chief Court” were repealed by Punjab Act 1V of 1919, section 2(2). -, 3The hrackets, ficures and words “(2) The Court of the Addition al Judge” omitted by Punjab Act 35 of 1963, section 2, “The clause “(4) of the Court of Munsif’ was repealed by Punjab Act T nf 1022, section 3.
sSubstituted for the words “State Government” by the Puniab Reorganisation (Chandiearh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Concurrent Subijects) Order, 1968.
eSubstituted by Punujab Act 35 of 1963, section 3.
Classes of Courfs.
Civil districts.
District Judge.
Additional District Judges.
Subordinate Judges.
578 courts [1918 : Ph. Agq VI 2 Jitional District Judges shall have jurisdictj,, to d(’(ah])\\{?g: and dispose of such cases only SS the Higfl bourl. by general or special ord.er, may dlrectf 1em t9 dea) with and dispose of or as the D.lsmct Judg'e of the l,)‘SLFict may make over to them for being dealt with and dispogeq of :
rovided that the cases pending with the Additj Distr}i)ét Judges immediately before the'ZBth day of J, 1963, shall be deemed to be cases so directed to be with or disposed of by the High Court or so made oy them by the District Judge of the District as the cagse be.
Onal une, dealt er to may 3) While dealing with and disposing of the cageg refer(red to in sub-section (2), an addltlon.al l?lstrlct Judge shall be deemed to be the Court of the District Judge.]
‘22. (1) The *[Central Government] may after cop.
sultation with the High Court fix the number of Subordj.
nate Judges to be appointed *[* * * o+ = 4] ‘I(2) The High Court may confer on any Judicial Magistrate the powers of such class of Subordinate Judges as it may deem fit to be exercised by the Judicial Magistrate within such local area as the High Court may define.]
23. [Repealed by section 5 of Punjab Act IX of 1922] ,(,Dife‘““;fi‘,’,g;;’; 24. The Court of the District Judge shall be deemed Civil Court orginal jurisdiction, of to be the District Court or “principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction jn the district, !Substituted by Punjab Act IX of 1922, section 4. For rules under sub-section (2), see S notification No. 24019, dated 16th October, 1923, Punjab Gazette, 1923, Part I, page 794, No, 7460, dated J1th March, 1924, Punjab Gazette, 193¢ e t, Purt 1, page 233 and No. 6158, dated 9th March, 1925; Punjab Gazette, 1925, Part I, page 152, “Substituted for the words “State Government” by the Punjab Re- organisation (Chandigarh) (Adaptation of Laws on State and Con- current Subjects) Order, 1968, 3The words “and when there is a vacancy in that number may, subject to the rules, if any, made under sub-section (2) appoint such person as is nominated by the High Court to the said vacancy” were omitted by the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws) Order, 1937.
“Added by Punjab Act 25 of 1964, section 2 and the Schedule. The ren as follows :—“The Local Governoriginal sub-section (2) which ment may, after consultation with the High Court, make rules as to the ppointed Subordinate Judges” was omitqualifications of persons to be a 1ied’lby the Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws), Order, 937, R :
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25. Except as otherwise provided by any enactment dxg:“)"n‘";}, furtsfor the time being in force, the Court of the District Judge trict Judges in shall have jurisdiction in original civil suits without limit suits.
as regards the value.
1918 : Pb. Act VI.] COURTS
26. The jurisdiction to be exercised in original civil pecuniary imits of jurissuits as regards the value by any person appointed to be 1 a Subordinate Judge, * ' * shall * * * be determined *** by e e g, the *[High Court) either by including him in a *Class * * * or otherwise as it thinks fit.
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