Article VII.
Section 20. Exclusive of the parishes from which appeals are returnable to the Court of Appeal for the parish of Orleans, the State shall be divided into two circuits, to be subdivided into districts as hereinafter provided.
Until otherwise provided by law, the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa, Washington, St. Helena, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption, Lafourche, Ascension, Calcasieu, Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Cameron, Vermilion, Lafayette, Iberia, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Acadia, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, St. Landry, Evangeline, and Vernon shall compose the First Circuit and be known as the "Court of Appeal, First Circuit, State of Louisiana," and the parishes of Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Bienville, Claiborne, Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Winn, Natchitoches, Sabine, De Soto, Red River, Ouachita, Richland, Franklin, Catahoula, La Salle, Concordia, Tensas, Madison, East Carroll, West Carroll, Morehouse, Avoyelles, Rapides and Grant shall compose the Second Circuit, and be known as the "Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, State of Louisiana."
The circuits above provided for, until otherwise provided by law, shall each be divided into three districts, as follows :
The parishes of Calcasieu, Allen, Beauregard, Jefferson Davis, Cameron, Vermilion, Lafayette, St. Martin, Acadia, St. Landry, Evangeline, Vernon and Iberia shall compose the first district of the first circuit.
The parishes of West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Pointe Coupee, Iberville, St. Mary, Terrebonne, Assumption and Lafourche shall compose the second district of the first circuit.
The parishes of East Baton Rouge, Livingston, Tangipahoa, St. Helena, St. Tammany, East Feliciana, West Feliciana and Washington shall compose the third district of the first circuit.
The parishes of Richland, Concordia, East Carroll, West Carroll, Franklin, Catahoula, La Salle, Tensas, Ouachita, Madison and Morehouse shall compose the first district of the second circuit.
The parishes of Bienville, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln, Caldwell, Union, Bossier, Winn, Webster and Grant shall compose the second district of the second circuit.
The parishes of Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Avoyelles and Red River shall compose the third district of the second circuit.
