262. The code of ethics determines the rules of conduct and the duties of the judges towards the public, the parties to an action and the advocates, and it indicates in particular which acts or omissions are derogatory to the honour, dignity or integrity of the judiciary and the functions or activities that a judge may exercise without remuneration notwithstanding section 129.
It may be stipulated in the code that certain of those provisions do not apply to judges of Municipal Courts other than the Municipal Courts of Laval, Montréal and Québec, or special provisions may be established for those judges.For the purposes of this chapter, the rules set out in section 45 of the Act respecting municipal courts (chapter C-72.01) are deemed to be special provisions of the code of ethics applicable to municipal judges. The code may also indicate the functions or activities that the chief judge of the municipal courts may exercise without remuneration notwithstanding section 37.1 of the Act respecting municipal courts.
1978, c. 19, s. 33; 1980, c. 11, s. 99; 1988, c. 21, s. 57; 1988, c. 74, s. 8; 1989, c. 52, s. 138; 1998, c. 30, s. 42.