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12 PART III APPOINTMENTS, POWERS AND DUTIES Appointment of Presiding Judge of Family Justice Courts

12.—(1) For the purposes of the administration of this Act, the President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint a Judge or Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court to be the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts for such period as the Chief Justice may recommend.

(2) Notwithstanding any other written law, the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts may sit in any Family Court or Youth Court and act as a judge thereof, in which case he shall have all the jurisdiction, power and privileges of such a judge.

(3) A Judge or Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court may, during the period of his appointment as the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts, continue to sit in the High Court or the Court of Appeal in accordance with the Supreme Court of Judicature Act (Cap. 322).

(4) Any person appointed to be the Presiding Judge of the Family Justice Courts shall, although the period of his appointment as such has expired or his appointment as such has been revoked, in relation to any case heard by him as a judge of a Family Court or Youth Court, continue to sit as such a judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise.

Designation of judges of Family Courts

13.—(1) A Family Court shall be presided over by a District Judge, or a Magistrate, who is designated by the Chief Justice as a judge of the Family Court.

(2) A person shall be designated as a judge of the Family Court for such period as the Chief Justice may determine.

(3) Any person designated as a judge of the Family Court shall, although the period of his designation as such has expired or his designation as such has been revoked, in relation to any case heard by him as a judge of a Family Court, continue to sit as such a judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise.