54. Sheriffs and prothonotaries shall be officers of the Superior Court generally, and not merely of the judges sitting in the districts for which they have jurisdiction, and shall obey the lawful orders of the court and the judges thereof, in whatever district made, provided anything be required to be done under them by such sheriffs or prothonotaries in the district in which they have jurisdiction.
No sheriff or prothonotary of the Superior Court or his deputy shall, while in office, practise as an advocate in Québec.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 50; 1983, c. 54, s. 90.