This Act may be called the High Court Judges Short  (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Act, 1954. title 2(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise Define requires.-- ition  (a) `Acting Chief Justice' means a Judge appointed under  Article 223 of the Constitution to perform the duties of the Chief Justice : (b) `Acting Judge' means a person appointed to act as  a Judge under sub-section (2) of section 222 of the  Government of India Act 19352  ( or under clause (2)  of Article 224 of the Constitution ). (c) `Actual Service' includes --  (i) time spent by a Judge on duty as a Judge or  in the performance of such other functions as he may, at the request of the President of India, undertake to discharge; (ii) Vacations, excluding any time during which the Judge is absent on leave;  (iii)Joining time on transfer from a High Court to the Supreme Court or from one High Court to another or from Supreme Court to a High Court; 

High Court Judges Rules, 1956