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C-19 - Cities and Towns Act

Section 610
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610. (Repealed).
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 647; 1968, c. 55, s. 155; 1977, c. 16, s. 1; 1988, c. 74, s. 3; 1989, c. 52, s. 122.
610. When a municipal judge dies, resigns, is unable to exercise his functions or otherwise ceases to do so, the municipality shall forthwith notify the Minister of Justice. The Minister may, if the circumstances so require, designate, by order, a judge of another municipal court to replace him until a new judge is appointed to such court by the Government. The judge so designated is competent to hear any case that had been referred to the municipal judge.
The order shall be published in the Gazette officielle du Québec.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 647; 1968, c. 55, s. 155; 1977, c. 16, s. 1; 1988, c. 74, s. 3.
610. (1)  When a municipal judge dies or resigns or is unable to exercise his functions by reason of disability, absence or illness, the Minister of Justice or, with his authorization, a municipal judge may appoint by a commission signed by him a deputy municipal judge to replace him temporarily.
(2)  The deputy municipal judge is appointed for the time indicated in the commission or, if no time is indicated, from the date of registration of the commission until the commission is revoked.
(3)  Such commission shall be prepared in duplicate copies, one of which shall be filed and registered in the office of the clerk of the Municipal Court and the other in the office of the prothonotary of the Superior Court of the judicial district where the municipality is situated.
(4)  The deputy municipal judge so appointed by commission shall be an advocate who has practised for at least five years; however, in cities and towns having a population of fewer than ten thousand inhabitants, he may be appointed after having practised for three years.
He may be appointed from among the municipal judges already in office.
(5)  Any person appointed under this section shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of the judge whom he replaces.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 647; 1968, c. 55, s. 155; 1977, c. 16, s. 1.
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