84.8. Subject to section 84.7, in the case where the chief judge, the senior associate chief judge or the associate chief judge is temporarily absent or unable to act or if the office of one of these is vacant, the Government may designate another judge to exercise the functions of the chief judge, the senior associate chief judge or, as the case may be, the associate chief judge until that judge resumes his functions or is replaced.
During that period, the judge so designated receives the additional remuneration attached to the office he holds temporarily.