Clause 9

A District Court shall be presided over by a District Judge appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Chief Justice.

For the purposes of the administration of this Act, the President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint a Senior District Judge who shall have seniority over all other District Judges.

No person shall be appointed to be or to act as a District Judge unless he has been for not less than five years a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act, 1966 (Act 57 of 1966).

Any person appointed to be or to act as a District Judge shall, although the period of his appointment has expired or his appointment has been revoked, sit as a District Judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise in relation to any case heard by him.

Every person appointed to be or to act as a District Judge shall be ex-officio a Magistrate.