(a) General rule.-- There shall be one court of common pleas for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of the following number of judges: Judicial District Number of Judges First 93 Second 15 Third 9 Fourth 1 Fifth 43 Sixth 9 Seventh 15 Eighth 4 Ninth 7 Tenth 11 Eleventh 11 Twelfth 11 Thirteenth 2 Fourteenth 5 Fifteenth 15 Sixteenth 3 Seventeenth 2 Eighteenth 1 Nineteenth 15 Twentieth 2 Twenty-first 6 Twenty-second 2 Twenty-third 13 Twenty-fourth 5 Twenty-fifth 2 Twenty-sixth 3 Twenty-seventh 7 Twenty-eighth 2 Twenty-ninth 5 Thirtieth 3 Thirty-first 11 Thirty-second 21 Thirty-third 2 Thirty-fourth 1 Thirty-fifth 4 Thirty-sixth 7 Thirty-seventh 2 Thirty-eighth 26 Thirty-ninth 5 Fortieth 3 Forty-first 2 Forty-second 2 Forty-third 7 Forty-fourth 2 Forty-fifth 9 Forty-sixth 2 Forty-seventh 5 Forty-eighth 2 Forty-ninth 4 Fiftieth 7 Fifty-first 4 Fifty-second 4 Fifty-third 4 Fifty-fourth 1 Fifty-fifth 1 Fifty-sixth 3 Fifty-seventh 2 Fifty-eighth 2 Fifty-ninth 1 Sixtieth 2 (a.1) Interim judgeship.-- (Expired). (a.2) Fifteenth Judicial District.-- (Expired). (b) Single county districts.-- In single county judicial districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be known as the "Court of Common Pleas of (the respective) County." (c) Multicounty districts.-- In multicounty judicial districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be known as the "Court of Common Pleas of the (respective) Judicial District." There shall be a separate branch of the court in each county comprising the judicial district.
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