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Section 6
The High Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Act, 1954

Section 6. Grant of leave not due

Subject to the maximum limit specified in sub-section (1) of section 5, leave on half allowances may be granted to a Judge in excess of the amount at his credit—

(i) on medical certificate; or

(ii) otherwise than on medical certificate, for not more than six months 1 [or for two or more periods, not exceeding in the aggregate, six months] during the whole period of his service as a Judge:

Provided that no such leave shall be granted if the Judge is not expected to return to duty at the end of such leave and earn the leave granted.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.