The Acting Judges Act, 1867

An Act to authorize the making of acting appointments to certain Judicial Offices.

Act No. ACT NO. XVI OF 1867

Date: 1st March, 1867

An Act to authorize the making of acting appointments to certain Judicial Offices.

Section 1. Power to appoint acting Judges

In every case in which the ³President, has power under any Act or Regulation to appoint a Judge of any Court,

such power shall be taken to include the power to appoint any person capable of being appointed a permanent Judge of such Court, to act as Judge of the same Court for such time as the ⁴President, shall direct. Every person so appointed to act temporarily as a Judge of any such Court shall have the powers and perform the duties which he would have had and been liable to perform in case he had been duly appointed a permanent Judge of the same Court.

Section 2. Certain enact-ments to be construed as if they contained a clause like section 1 of this Act

Every such Act and Regulation shall be construed as if it contained a special clause to the purport or effect of the first section of this Act.

Footnotes

3.The word “President” was substituted, for the words “Central Government or the Provincial Government as the case may be” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)

4.The word “President” was substituted, for the words “Central Government or the Provincial Government as the case may be” by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973). (See: Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973)