State Courts Act 1970 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Appointments, Powers and Duties
9. Appointments and qualifications of District Judges
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Subject to section 8A, a District Court is to be presided over by a District Judge appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Chief Justice.
[Deleted by Act 5 of 2014]
A person must not be appointed to be or to act as a District Judge unless he or she has been for not less than 7 years a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act 1966.
Despite subsection (3), a person may be appointed to be or to act as a District Judge if —
the person has been for not less than 5 years a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act 1966; and
the Chief Justice, after having regard to the qualifications and experience of the person, is of the opinion that the person is suitable to be appointed as a District Judge.
Any person appointed to be or to act as a District Judge is, although the period of his or her appointment has expired or his or her appointment has been revoked, to sit as a District Judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise in relation to any case heard by him or her.
Every person appointed to be or to act as a District Judge is ex officio a Magistrate.