Section 17:
Civil districts and district judges.
(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.
Notes:
1. Subs. by A.O. (No. 3), 1956 for "State of Manipur" (w.e.f. 1-3-1956).