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Judicature (Amendment) Act (No. 16 of 1989) - Sect 18

Amendment of section 52 of the principal enactment

18. Section 52 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:"
(a) by the repeal of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection : "
" (1) There shall be appointed to the High Court and to each of the District Courts, Small Claims Courts and Magistrates' Courts established under this Act, a Registrar, a Deputy Fiscal and such other officers as may be necessary for the administration and for the due execution of the powers and the performance of the duties of such courts including the service of process and the execution of decrees of court and other orders enforceable under any written law." ; and
(b) by the addition immediately after subsection (2) of that section, of the following subsection:"
" (3) Every Deputy Fiscal appointed to a court shall be responsible for the service of process issued by that court and the execution of decrees and orders made by that court and shall act under the supervision, direction and control of the fiscal.".


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