3. The council of the municipality may, by resolution, apply to the chief judge of the Provincial Court or to the senior associate chief judge of the Provincial Court residing within the limits of the appellate division which comprises the district in which the municipality is situated to designate a judge to inquire into the facts and allegations invoked, in the resolution, in support of the application for the dismissal of the municipal officer concerned.
R. S. 1964, c. 196, s. 3; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2; 1980, c. 11, s. 117.