Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 3-5-112 - Authority of chief justice(1) The chief justice may by written order assign a district judge to hold court in a county of another district if:(a) for any cause a district court in another district is not or cannot be held in any county by a judge of the other district or acting for the other district; or(b) the business of the court in the other district is not or cannot be dispatched with reasonable promptness.(2) A district judge assigned to another district pursuant to subsection (1) shall hold court in the other district for the time specified in the order.En. Sec. 164, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6312, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 33, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 8823, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 8823, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-312; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 110, L. 1995.