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Rule 23 of the Principal Rules shall substituted as follows:23.”The Administration of Civil Justice in the State of Nagaland is entrusted to the Deputy Commissioner, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner, Customary Courts constituted under chapter IVA of the Rules, Dobhasis and other village authorities may be appointed by the State Government from time to time by Notification in the official Gazette. Provided that the Government of Nagaland shall be empowered to invest any officer of the State Government having judicial experience with the powers of the Deputy Commissioner for the trial of any particular civil case or cases and the officer so invested with the powers of the Deputy Commissioner shall be designated as Deputy Commissioner (Judicial) and shall exercise all the powers of the Deputy Commissioner in this behalf.