99. Where the chief judge is absent or unable to act, the senior associate chief judge having seniority of appointment to the Court shall exercise the functions of the chief judge. He shall do so, notwithstanding the fact that his own term may have expired, until the chief judge resumes his functions or is replaced.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 90; 1978, c. 19, s. 9; 1988, c. 21, s. 30.