C-72.01 - Act respecting municipal courts

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46. The chief judge shall designate a deputy judge for each municipal court that is not under the authority of a president judge. Deputy judges shall be designated from among the judges of other municipal courts who are not required to exercise their functions on an exclusive basis. The deputy judge shall act if the judge assigned to the court recuses himself or is absent or unable to act. If the deputy judge recuses himself or is absent or unable to act, the chief judge shall designate another deputy judge.
In designating a deputy judge, the chief judge shall have regard to the requirements of the proper administration of justice and of the efficient management of the public funds allocated therefor.
1989, c. 52, s. 46; 1998, c. 30, s. 12; 2002, c. 21, s. 16.
46. The chief judge shall designate, from among the judges of the other municipal courts, a deputy judge for each municipal court. The deputy judge shall act if the judge assigned to the court recuses himself or is absent or unable to act. If the deputy judge recuses himself or is absent or unable to act, the chief judge shall designate another deputy judge.
In designating a deputy judge, the chief judge shall have regard to the requirements of the proper administration of justice and of the efficient management of the public funds allocated therefor.
1989, c. 52, s. 46; 1998, c. 30, s. 12.
46. A municipal judge, where he removes himself from a case or where he is temporarily absent or unable to exercise his functions because of illness, may designate, by commission, a deputy municipal judge chosen from a panel of judges of other municipal courts established, in respect of his court, by the Minister of Justice.
1989, c. 52, s. 46.