(a) Application of section 3135.-- The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 shall not be applicable to the selection of the judge for the judgeship created by the addition of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a.1). (b) Creation and filling of new judgeships.-- The new judgeship added by the addition of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a.1) shall be created on January 7, 2002, and shall be initially filled by election at the 2001 municipal election. (c) Judgeships in fourteenth district.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the person or persons nominated in the primary election held for a judgeship in the Fourteenth Judicial District on May 15, 2001, shall be deemed to have been nominated for the new judgeship added by the addition of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a.1). (d) Application of Pennsylvania Election Code.-- Except as provided by subsection (c), the provisions of the act of June 3, 1937 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code, shall apply to the election for the newly created judgeship.
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