Language of record and judgment
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Summary
All court records and judgments must be written in the language of the Court. The High Court may allow a Magistrate who tries offences summarily to have those records or judgments prepared by an officer appointed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. Even if an officer prepares them, the Magistrate must sign the record or judgment.
Example
Priya is tried summarily in her local Court for a minor offence. The High Court authorises the Magistrate to have the record and judgment drafted by an officer appointed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate. The officer prepares the draft and the Magistrate signs the final record and judgment.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Every such record and judgment shall be written in the language of the Court.
(2) The High Court may authorise any Magistrate empowered to try offences summarily to prepare the aforesaid record or judgment or both by means of an officer appointed in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and the record or judgment so prepared shall be signed by such Magistrate.
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