Courts and Court Officers Act, 2002
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Completion of partly heard cases by judge appointed to higher court. |
12.—The Courts (Establishment and Constitution) Act, 1961 , is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 6: | |
“6A.—(1) Where a judicial office within the meaning of section 6 of this Act is vacated by a person in accordance with subsection (3) of that section, the person shall complete the hearing of any case or cases that have been partly heard by the person in the Court in which the judicial office is vacated if, at the request of the President of that Court— | ||
(a) in case the person is appointed to the office of Chief Justice, President of the High Court or President of the Circuit Court, he or she considers it appropriate to do so, or | ||
(b) in case the person is appointed to the office of ordinary judge of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice requests the person to do so, or in case the person is appointed to the office of ordinary judge of the High Court or of the Circuit Court, the President of the High Court or the President of the Circuit Court, as may be appropriate, requests the person to do so. | ||
(2) Whenever a judge sits in a Court in pursuance of this section, he or she shall be an additional judge of the Court concerned for all the purposes of that Court.”. |