Pub. L. 88-241, pt. II, tit. 17, ch. 3, sec. 17

Sec. 17. (a) Part II of the District of Columbia Code, set out in section 1 of this Act, with respect to the organization of each of the several courts and their divisions and branches therein provided for, 77 Stat. 619is a continuation of existing law, and the tenure of the judges, officers, and employees thereof, in office on January 1, 1964, is not affected by its enactment, but each of them shall continue to serve in the same capacity under the appropriate provisions of Part II, as set out in section 1 of this Act, pursuant to his prior appointment. Loss of rights, interruption of jurisdiction, or prejudice to matters pending in any of those courts on the effective date this Act shall not result from its enactment. (b) The judge of the juvenile court of the District of Columbia who, on March 9, 1962, was occupying the position of judge created by the Juvenile Court Act of the District of Columbia, approved June 1, 1938, shall continue in office and shall be deemed to be occupying one of the three positions of judge provided for by section 19 of that Act, as amended by the first section of Public Law 87–413, until the term for which he was appointed expires and his successor is duly appointed and qualified. He shall be entitled to compensation in accordance with the provisions of section 19 of the Juvenile Court Act of the District of Columbia as amended by the first section of Public Law 87–413. (c) Wherever in any law of the United States reference is made to the judge of the juvenile court of the District of Columbia the reference shall be construed to mean any judge of that court.