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[THE ACTING JUDGES ACT, 1867] [THE ACTING JUDGES ACT, 1867] (Short title given by the Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897). ACT No. XVI OF 1867 [1st March, 1867] An Act to authorize the making of acting appointments to certain Judicial Offices 1. Power to appoint acting Judges. In every case in which the (Subs. by A. O., 1937, for "G. G. of India in C.") [Central Government], or the (Subs. ibid., for "L. G.".) [Provincial Government], as the case may be, has power under any Act or Regulation to appoint a Judge of any Court (The words "in British India" omitted by A. O., 1949, Sch.)* * *, such, power shall be taken to include the power to appoint any person capable of being appointed a permanent Judge of such Court, to act as Judge of the same Court for such time as the (Subs. by A. O., 1937, for G. G. of India in C.")[Central Government] or the (Subs. ibid. for L. G.") [Provincial Government], [as the case may be, shall direct. Every person so appointed to act temporarily as a Judge of any such Court shall have the powers and perform the duties which he would have had and been liable to perform in case he had been duly appointed a permanent Judge of the same Court.