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(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, the High Court may for the duration of the adjournment of any District Court in summer, appoint for such District Court a Vacation Civil Judge not below the rank of a District Judge or the Government may after consultation with the High Court, so appoint a Vacation Civil Judge not below the rank of a *[Senior Civil Judge]. (2) (a) The local limits of the jurisdiction of the Vacation Civil Judge shall be the same as those of the District Court concerned. (b) The jurisdiction of the Vacation Civil Judge shall extend to all suits, appeals and other proceedings pending in, or cognizable by, any court (whether a District Court, a *[Court of Senior Civil Judge] or a *[Court of Junior Civil Judge]) in the district concerned when such Court is adjourned for summer vacation. (3) The place, at which the Court of the Vacation Civil Judge shall be held, shall be the same as the place at which the District Court concerned may be held. The Vacation Civil Judge shall have such administrative control over the staff of Power to require witness or party to a suit to make such oath or affirmation. Duties of ministerial officer of Courts. Vacation. Appointment of vacation Civil Judge. Central Act V of 1908. [Act No. 19 of 1972] 17 the Courts in the District as the High Court may, by general or special order determine. (4) Notwithstanding the appointment of the Vacation Civil Judge, every court in the district shall, during the period it is adjourned for summer vacation, be deemed to be closed for the purposes of section 4 of the Limitation Act,