DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 - SECT 27
Judge may perform the duties of another judge
DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 - SECT 27
Judge may perform the duties of another judge
27 Judge may perform the duties of another judge
(1) In the case of absence or disability of a judge, or on an emergency,
another judge may, at the request in writing of the firstmentioned judge or of
the Chief Justice, act for the first mentioned judge, and may exercise all the
powers and perform all the duties which that judge might have exercised or
performed.
(2) If a District Court judge is not available in the place where
a matter is to be heard urgently, a Supreme Court judge may hear the matter
and may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties that a District
Court judge might have exercised or performed.
