11. The Chief Justice shall preside over the court, or, if he be absent, then the senior puisne judge, according to the date of his commission.
Whenever the Chief Justice is temporarily unable to perform his duties, the senior puisne judge may perform them until the Chief Justice resumes the performance thereof or is replaced.
R. S. 1964, c. 20, s. 11; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 5.