(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) “acting Chief Justice” means a Judge appointed under article 223 of the Constitution to perform the duties of the Chief Justice;

(b) “acting Judge " means a person *** appointed to act as a Judge under sub-section (2) of section 222 of the Government of India Act, 1935 or under clause (2) of article 224 of the Constitution;

(c) “actual service” includes—

(d) “additional Judge” means a person *** appointed as an additional Judge under sub-section (3) of section 222 of the Government of India Act, 1935 or under clause (1) of article 224 of the Constitution;

(e) “former Indian High Court” means the High Court at Rangoon, the High Court at Lahore, the Chief Court of Sind or the Judicial Commissioner‟s Court of North-West Frontier Province;

(f) “High Court” means a High Court for a State and includes a High Court which was exercising Jurisdiction in a Part A State or in the corresponding Province before the commencement of the Constitution;

(g) “Judge” means a Judge of a High Court and includes the Chief Justice an acting Chief Justice, an additional Judge and an acting Judge of the High Court;

(2)

In the calculation of service for the purposes of this Act, previous service for any period or periods as acting Judge or additional Judge or as a Judge of a former Indian High Court shall be reckoned as service as a Judge but, save as otherwise expressly provided, previous service as an acting Chief Justice shall not be reckoned as service as Chief Justice.

(3)

Any period of leave taken by a Judge before the commencement of this Act under the rules then applicable to him as an acting Judge, additional Judge or a Judge shall, for the purposes of this Act, be treated as if it were leave taken by him under this Act.

(4)

Any period of leave taken by a Judge while serving as a Judge of a former Indian High Court before his appointment to a High Court shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as if it were leave taken by him under this Act.