s 20 Assistant Registrars
(1) All First Class Magistrates, other than Magistrates constituted as such under section 77 of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 [Act 92], shall be deemed to be ex officio Assistant Registrars of the High Court for the purpose of registering bills of sale. (2) If the Chief Justice is satisfied that in any district there is no First Class Magistrate other than a First Class Magistrate constituted as such under section 77 of the Subordinate Courts Act 1948, readily available for the purpose of registering bills of sale, then, for every such district, the Chief Justice may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint a First Class Magistrate constituted as such under such section 77 to be an Assistant Registrar of the High Court for the purpose of registering bills of sale in such district.