Act Number: 12

Act Name: The Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act, 1887

Year: 1887

Enactment Date: 1887-03-11

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Civil Courts in Bengal, the North-Western Provinces and Assam.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 8: Additional Judges.
    (1) When the business pending before any District Judge requires the aid of Additional Judges for its speedy disposal, the State Government may, 1[having consulted] the High Court 2***, appoint such Additional Judges as may be requisite.
     (2) Additional Judges so appointed shall discharge any of the functions of a District Judge which the Disrict Judge may assign to them, and, in the discharge of those functions, they shall exercise the same powers as the District Judge.
Notes:
1. Subs., ibid., for "upon the recommendation of".
2. The words "and with the previous sanction of the G. G. in C." rep. by Act 16 of 1911, s. 3.
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