Act Number: 14

Act Name: The Bombay Civil Courts Act, 1869

Year: 1869

Enactment Date: 1869-03-19

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the District and Subordinate Civil Courts in the Presidency of Bombay.

Ministry: Ministry of Law and Justice

Department: Department of Justice

Section 22: Appointment of Subordinate Judges.
    The Judges of such subordinate Courts shall be appointed by the Governor of Bombay in Council, and shall be called Subordinate Judges.
     No person shall be appointed a Subordinate Judge unless he be a subject of the Queen who has practised five years as an Advocate of a High Court in India or as a Vakil in the High Court of Judicature in Bombay, or who has qualified for the duties of a Subordinate Judge according to such tests as may for the time being be prescribed by such High Court, or who has taken the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the University of Bombay.
     The tests so prescribed by the High Court shall be notified in the Government Gazette.
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