118. The Minister of Justice shall appoint, by order, the clerks and deputy clerks of the Youth Court. The Minister may assign them jurisdiction in more than one district.
The clerk is the custodian of the records and shall draw up minutes of the proceedings in court.
He may, when any matter pertaining to the legislative authority of Québec is concerned and when there is no judge present or able to act, perform any act or procedure of an official character; but he cannot render any judgment or pronounce sentence.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 110; 1977, c. 20, s. 138; 1983, c. 54, s. 97.