Section 19: Division of the Court.
(1) The Court shall have and exercise jurisdiction throughout the federation, and for that purpose the whole area of the Federation shall be Divided by the Chief Judge into such number of Judicial Divisions or part thereof by such name as he may think fit.
(2) For the more convenient dispatch business, the Court may sit in any one or more Judge to sit in any or more of the Judicial Divisions.
(3) The Chief Judge shall determine the distribution of the business before the court amongst the Judges thereof and may assign any judicial functions to any Judge or in respect of a particular cause or matter in a Judicial Division.
(4) Subject to directions of the Chief Judge, every Judge of the Court shall sit for the trial of civil and criminal causes or matters and for the disposal of other legal business the Chief Judge may think fit.
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Section 19, FEDERAL HIGH COURT ACT (1973).
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