Pennsylvania Constitution

Article Schedule 1, § 16 — President judges; casting lots; associate judges

Pennsylvania Const. art. Schedule 1, § 16

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CitationPennsylvania Const. art. Schedule 1, § 16
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Pa. Const. art. Schedule 1, § 16.

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After the expiration of the term of any president judge of any court of common pleas, in commission at the adoption of this Constitution, the judge of such court learned in the law and oldest in commission shall be the president judge thereof; and when two or more judges are elected at the same time in any judicial district they shall decide by lot which shall be president judge; but when the president judge of a court shall be re-elected he shall continue to be president judge of that court. Associate judges not learned in the law, elected after the adoption of this Constitution, shall be commissioned to hold their offices for the term of five years from the first day of January next after their election.

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