Volume 117, Number 44A
Royal Gazette
18 May 2543
The Vice Presidents of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Vice Presidents of the Court of Appeal, the Vice Presidents of the Regional Courts of Appeal, or the deputy chief judges of the courts of first instance shall also have the power under (2) and shall have the duty to assist the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Presidents of the Regional Courts of Appeal, or the chief judges of the courts of first instance, as the case may be, as authorised by the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Presidents of the Regional Courts of Appeal, or the chief judges of the courts of first instance.
Section12.The presiding judges of the divisions or the presiding judges of the agencies called otherwise in accordance with section 10, paragraph 1, must be responsible for the work of their divisions or agencies called otherwise in order that it proceed in an orderly manner according to those which are designated the announcements of the Courts of Justice Judicial Administration Commission constituting those divisions or agencies called otherwise, and must observe the orders of the President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the Regional Court of Appeal, the chief judge of the court of first instance, or the presiding judge of the court.
Section13.There shall be one regional chief judge for each of the nine regions, of which the locations and jurisdiction shall be designated by the Courts of Justice Judicial Administration Commission by means of publication in the Royal Gazette.
When a position of regional chief judge becomes vacant or when a regional chief judge becomes unable to serve, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice shall order a particular judge to act instead.
No senior judge or junior judge shall act in any position under paragraph 1.
Section14.A regional chief judge shall also be a judge of the courts under his jurisdiction, having the powers and duties as designated in section 11, paragraph 1, in addition to the following powers and duties:
(1)to order the chiefs of the court of justice offices to report about cases or other affairs of the courts under his jurisdiction;
(2)in the event of necessity, he may order any judge of a court under his jurisdiction to go assist in the work of another court for a temporary period of not exceeding three months with the consent of that judge, and shall promptly report this to the President of the Supreme Court of Justice.
Section15.No court of justice shall accept for trial and adjudication a case which another court of justice has duly accepted, save where such case is transferred to it in accordance with the provisions of a procedural law or with the Charter of the Courts of Justice.
