Presiding officer of the courts

(1) Subject to sections 14 and 15, the magistrate of a judicial district shall be the president of the summary jurisdiction court and the district court in that judicial district, and shall exercise all the jurisdictions and powers of those (2) The magistrate may, subject to the approval of the Minister, determine the distribution of the business of each (3) Every magistrate, travelling magistrate, justice of the peace or other person authorised to exercise any jurisdiction or 13 function in any inferior court shall take the judicial oath before entering upon his office.