(1) If a proceeding is set down for judgment, it is not necessary for all or
any of the judges of appeal before whom it was heard to be present in court
when the judgment is pronounced.
(2) The opinion of any of the judges of
appeal may be reduced to writing and may be made public by any judge of appeal
at a sitting of the Court of Appeal at which judgment in the proceeding is
pronounced.
(3) A question in the proceeding is to be decided in the same
way, and the judgment of the Court of Appeal has the same effect, as if each
judge of appeal whose opinion is so made public had been present in court and
declared his or her opinion in person.
(4) For the purpose of pronouncing
judgment under this section, the Court of Appeal may be constituted by a
single judge of appeal who need not have been present at the hearing.