(1) The district judge shall be appointed by the Central Government after consultation with the High Court.
(2) When the business pending before the court of the district judge requires the aid of an additional district judge for its speedy disposal, the Central Government may, after consultation with the High Court, appoint such number of additional district judges as may be necessary.
(3) The additional district judges so appointed shall discharge any of the functions of the1 district judge which the district judge may assign to them and in the discharge of those functions they shall exercise the same powers as the district judge.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude the appointment of any district judge or additional district judge exercising jurisdiction in the State of Kerala as the district judge, or as the case may oe, an additional district judge under this Regulation.
5. The Administrator may, after consultation with the High Court,™
(i) make rules as to the qualifications of officers in the Islands, and other persons who may be appointed as subordinate judges and munsiffs;
(ii) appoint as many persons as he thinks necessary to be subordinate judges and munsiffs.
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