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SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 10A

SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 10A

10A .         Acting President

        (1)         During any vacancy in the office of President, or when and so often as the President is absent on leave or in consequence of sickness, or for any reason is temporarily unable to perform the duties of his office, all the duties and powers of the President shall during such vacancy, absence, or inability devolve upon the senior judge of appeal other than the Chief Justice.

        (2)         In the case of the absence or inability of the judge of appeal upon whom the powers and duties of the President devolve under subsection (1), such powers and duties shall during such absence or inability devolve upon the judge of appeal who is next in seniority.

        (3)         Where the office of President is vacant or the President is, or is expected to be, absent or for any reason unable to perform the duties of his office, the Governor by commission under the Public Seal of the State may appoint a judge of appeal to act in the office of President for such period as the Governor thinks fit and specifies in the commission.

        [Section 10A inserted: No. 45 of 2004 s. 9.]