10. The petition shall be submitted to the chief justice or senior associate chief justice of the Superior Court, residing within the limits of the appellate division which comprises the district in which is situated the municipality the council or electors whereof apply for the inquiry, or, in the event of the absence or incapacity to act of the chief justice or senior associate chief justice, as the case may be, to two judges of the Superior Court in the same appellate division.
R. S. 1964, c. 173, s. 10; 1973, c. 13, s. 15.