CPC - SECTION 123. Constitution of Rule Committees in certain States

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(1) A Committee to be called the Rule Committee, shall be constituted at ¹⁷⁰[the town which is the usual place of sitting of each of the High Courts ¹⁷¹[***] referred to in section 122].

    (2) Each such Committee shall consist of the following persons, namely :-

        (a) three Judges of the High Court established at the town at which such Committee is constituted, of whom at least has served as a District Judge or ¹⁷²[***] a Divisional Judge for three years,

        ¹⁷³[(b) two legal practitioners enrolled in that Court.]

        ¹⁷⁴[(c) a Judge of a Civil Court subordinate to the High Court, ¹⁷⁵[***]

        ¹⁷⁶[***]

    (3) The members of each such Committee shall be appointed by the ¹⁷⁷[High Court], which shall also nominate one of their number to be President :

        ¹⁷⁸[***]

    (4) Each member of any such Committee shall hold office for such period as may be prescribed by the ¹⁷⁷[High Court] in this behalf; and whenever any member retires, resigns, dies or ceases to reside in the State inwhich the Committee was constituted, or becomes incapable of acting as a member of the Committee, the said ¹⁷⁹[High Court] may appoint another person to be a member in his stead.

    (5) There shall be a secretary to each such Committee who shall be appointed by the ¹⁷⁹[High Court] and shall receive such remuneration as may be provided in this behalf ¹⁸⁰[by the State Government].

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