3. Number of District Courts.—The number of District (heretofore designated Zila) Courts to be
established or continued under this Act, shall be fixed, and may from time to time be altered, by the
Local Government :
Provided that no increase to the number of such Courts shall be made by such Government without
the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council.
4. Number of Subordinate Judges and District Munsifs.—The number of Subordinate Judges
and District Munsifs to be appointed under this Act for each District, shall be fixed, and may from
time to time be altered, by the Local Government :
Provided that no addition to the number of such officers shall be made by such Government
without the previous sanction of the Governor General in Council.
5. Court’s locality.—The place at which any Court under this Act shall be held may be fixed, and
may, from time to time, be altered,
in the case of a District Court or a Subordinate Judge’s Court, by the Local Government,
in the case of a District Munsif’s Court, by the High Court.
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[The places fixed for any Court under this section shall be deemed to be within the local
jurisdiction of that Court.]
6. Appointment to vacancy in office of District Judge or Subordinate Judge.—Whenever the
office of the Judge of a District Court (hereinafter called a ‘District Judge’) or of a Subordinate Judge
under this Act is vacant,
or whenever the Governor General in Council has sanctioned an addition to the number of District
Judges or Subordinate Judges under the provisions of section three or section four,
the Local Government shall appoint to the office such duly qualified person as it thinks proper.
7. Appointment to vacancy in office of District Munsif.—Whenever the office of a District
Munsif under this Act is vacant,
Or whenever the Governor General in Council has sanctioned an addition to the number of District
Munsifs under the provisions of section four,
the High Court shall appoint to the office such person as it thinks fit :
Provided that he possesses the qualifications for the time being required by the rules in this behalf
which the High Court, with the previous sanction of the Local Government, are hereby empowered to
make and alter.
Publication of appointments.—Every appointment made under this section shall be published in
the same manner as appointments made by the Local Government.
Annulment of appointments.—The Local Government may, for good and sufficient reason,
annul any appointment made under this section.
8. District Courts, Subordinate Judges, and District Munsifs.—The present Zila Courts,
Principal Sadr Amins, and District Munsifs, shall be respectively the first “District Courts,”
“Subordinate Judges,” and “District Munsifs” under this Act.
9. Seal of Court.—Every Court under this Act shall use a seal of such form and dimensions as are,
for the time being, prescribed by the Local Government.