1[JOINT DISTRICTS JUDGES] 12. Power to appoint 2[Joint District Judges.].- The 3[ 4[State] Government] may 5* * * appoint in any District a 6[Joint District Judge] who shall be invested with co-extensive powers and a concurrent jurisdiction with the District Judge, except that he shall not keep a file of civil suits and shall transact such civil business only as he may receive from the District Judge, or as may have been referred to the 7[Joint District Judge] by order of the High Court. 8* * *
<center class="font1"><sup>1</sup>[JOINT DISTRICTS JUDGES]</center><br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>12. Power to appoint <sup>2</sup>[Joint District Judges.].-</b> The <sup>3</sup>[ <sup>4</sup>[State] Government] may <sup>5</sup>*<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> *<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> * appoint in any District a <sup>6</sup>[Joint District Judge] who shall be invested with co-extensive powers and a concurrent jurisdiction with the District Judge, except that he shall not keep a file of civil suits and shall transact such civil business only as he may receive from the District Judge, or as may have been referred to the <sup>7</sup>[Joint District Judge] by order of the High Court. <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><sup>8</sup>*<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> *<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span> * <br>