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Rh Designation of judges of Youth Courts

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

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

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of the Youth Court shall, although the period of his designation as such has expired or his designation as such has been revoked, in relation to any case heard by him as a judge of a Youth Court, continue to sit as such a judge for the purpose of giving judgment or otherwise.

Appointments and qualifications of registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars

15.—(1) The President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint a registrar, a deputy registrar and assistant registrars of the Family Justice Courts.

(2) No person shall be appointed to be or to act as the registrar, the deputy registrar or an assistant registrar unless he is a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act (Cap. 161).

(3) The registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars shall be ex-officio commissioners for oaths.

Jurisdiction, powers and duties of registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars

16.—(1) The registrar, deputy registrar and assistant registrars of the Family Justice Courts shall, subject to this Act and any other written law, have such jurisdiction, powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Family Justice Rules or, prior to their enactment, the Rules of Court.

(2) Subject to this Act and any other written law, all powers and duties conferred and imposed on the registrar, whether by this Act or any other written law, may be exercised and performed by the deputy registrar or any assistant registrar.