7. Of the 24 judges referred to in the first paragraph of section 6, eight shall reside in the territory of or in the immediate vicinity of Ville de Québec, and 16 in the territory of or in the immediate vicinity of Ville de Montréal.
The residence of a judge contemplated in the second paragraph of section 6 shall be that which he had before becoming a supernumerary judge.
Such 24 judges shall sit in turn in the territory of Ville de Québec and in the territory of Ville de Montréal, but the Chief Justice may temporarily vary the order for any reason he may deem advisable. The Chief Justice shall designate the judges who are to sit when the Court of Appeal holds sittings elsewhere than in those territories.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 7; 1970, c. 10, s. 2; 1972, c. 11, s. 2; 1977, c. 17, s. 2; 1989, c. 45, s. 2; 1991, c. 70, s. 2; 1996, c. 2, s. 973; 2015, c. 26, s. 33; 2016, c. 332016, c. 33, s. 212; 2023, c. 32023, c. 3, s. 3211.