223.1. The clerk of a court or of a justice of the peace must enter in a register all proceedings executed by or brought before a judge or the justice of the peace in both criminal and penal matters.
If the clerk is absent, the judge or justice who executes such a proceeding must see that it is entered in the register.
If the proceeding comes under the jurisdiction of two justices of the peace, the senior justice of the peace shall see that the clerk enters the proceeding in the register.