Staff of District Family Courts

(1) There shall be appointed by the Public Services Commission to each District Family Court a Clerk of Court who shall, as far as possible, be a paralegal person with basic knowledge of law and court procedures, and who shall attend each sitting of a District Family Court and tender such advice to that Court on law and procedure as may be required of him. (2) There may be appointed by the Public Services Commission to the District Family Courts such other officers, bailiffs, employees, counsellors and social workers as may be necessary for the purpose of the carrying out by those Courts of their functions under this Act, Provided that until such officers, bailiffs and employees are appointed, the staff of the magistrate’s courts of the respective judicial districts may be required to assist the District Family Courts in the exercise of their functions.