Section PREAMBLE

[THE ACTING JUDGES ACT, 1867] [THE ACTING JUDGES ACT, 1867] (Short title given by the Short Titles Act, 1897 (14 of 1897). The Bill which was passed on the 1st March, 1867, and published as Act No. 16 of 1867, was introduced and passed at one sitting. See the Pro ceedings in council published in Gazette of India, 1867, Supplement, p. 180. This Act has been extended and shall be deemed to have been so extended to the whole of Pakistan on the 14th day of October, 1955, see the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch.) ACT No. XVI OF 1867 [1st March, 1867] An Act to authorize the making of acting appointments to certain Judicial Offices Preamble. WHEREAS the Governor General (The words "of India in Council" rep. by the Federal Laws (Revision: and Declaration) Act, 1951 (26 of 1951), s. 3 and II Sch.)* * * or the Local Gov ernment, as the case may be, is empowered by divers enactments to, appoint the Judges of certain Courts in (Subs. by Ordinance 21 of 1960, s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for "the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation which had been subs. for "British India", by A. O., 1949, Arts. 3(2) and 4.) [Pakistan] : And where as it has been doubted whether he or it is empowered to appoint persons to act temporarily as such Judges, and it is expedient to remove such doubts ; It is hereby enacted as follows :‑‑