Section 17
Civil districts and district judges.
The Manipur (Courts) Act, 1955
About this Act
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Judicial Commissioner s Court and other Courts in Manipur.
(1) For the purposes of this Chapter, the Chief Commissioner
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, divide the 1
[Union territory of Manipur] into civil districts and
sub-divisions, alter the limits or the number of these districts and sub-divisions and determine the
headquarters of each district and sub-division.
(2) The Chief Commissioner shall, after consultation with the Judicial Commissioner, appoint as many persons as he thinks necessary to be district judges and shall post one of these persons to each district as district judge of that district:
Provided that the same person may, if the Chief Commissioner thinks fit, be appointed to be district judge of two or more districts.
(2) The Chief Commissioner shall, after consultation with the Judicial Commissioner, appoint as many persons as he thinks necessary to be district judges and shall post one of these persons to each district as district judge of that district:
Provided that the same person may, if the Chief Commissioner thinks fit, be appointed to be district judge of two or more districts.
Notes
1. Subs. by A.O. (No. 3), 1956 for "State of Manipur" (w.e.f. 1-3-1956).