Section 8Additional District Judges

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8. Additional District Judges (1) When the business pending before any District Judge requires the aid of [Additional District] Judges for its speedy disposal, the Government may, having consulted the High Court Division, appoint such [Additional District] Judges as may be requisite. (2) [Additional District] Judges so appointed shall discharge any of the functions of a District Judge which the District Judge may assign to them, and, in the discharge of those functions, they shall exercise the same powers as the District Judge.

1. 20. The words “Additional District” were substituted, for the word “Additional” by section 5 of the Civil Courts (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. XLIX of 2001).