The President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the President of the Court of Appeal, the Presidents of the Regional Courts of Appeal, the chief judges of the courts of first instance, and the presiding judges of the courts must be responsible for the official service of their courts so that it be conducted in an orderly manner, and they shall have the following authority also:
(1) to hear and adjudicate cases which cast impacts upon the security of the State or which interest the people, cases which contain serious criminal offences, cases which involve high amounts of money, and cases of court contempt; prescribed that this shall be governed by the criteria determined in the Court of Justice Judicial Service Rules;
(2) to give orders on motions and applications filed with them in accordance with the provisions of the procedural laws;
(3) to oversee the correct application of rules and processes as determined by law or otherwise determined so that the trial and adjudication of cases be finalised with dispatch;
(4) to give advice to judges in their courts regarding the inconvenience the judges meet in the performance of their duties;
(5) to cooperate with administrative officers on all affairs concerning the organisation and conduct of administrative business of the courts;
(6) to produce reports on cases and affairs of their courts to be sent in accordance with rules;
(7) to exercise other authority as determined by law.
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 bear 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.
