High Court may from time to time prescribe:
Provided that the Judge of every Subordinate Court may, subject to the like rules, appoint the
ministerial officers of such Court, whose salaries do not exceed rupees ten per mensem, and may by order
find, suspend or dismiss any ministerial officer of such Court who is guilty of any misconduct or neglect
in the performance of the duties of his office. Every such order shall be subject to appeal to the District
Judge; and the roles for the time being applicable to appeals to the Court of Session from orders of the
Criminal Courts subordinate thereto, shall apply to all appeals under this section.
Nothing in this section shall exempt the offender from any penal or other consequences to which he
may be liable under any other law in force for the time being.
39. Duties of ministerial officers.—The duties of the said ministerial officers shall be regulated by
such rules as the High Court may from time to time prescribe.
40. Power to appoint Clerks of the Courts.—The Governor of Bombay in Council may, under the
general control of the Governor General of India in Council, appoint to any Civil Court under this Act a
Clerk of the Court who, in addition to such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the High
Court, may receive and register plaints, and shall refer such as he may consider should be refused for the
orders of the Judge of the Court, and may sign all processes, and authenticate copies of papers.