79AGovernor in Council may appoint acting President

79A Governor in Council may appoint acting President (1) When and so often as the President of the Court of Appeal is absent on leave or in consequence of sickness or for any reason is temporarily unable to perform the duties of the office, the Governor in Council may, if the Governor in Council thinks fit, appoint a Judge of Appeal to be Acting President for the period during which the President is temporarily absent or unable to perform the duties of the office and for no longer. S. 79A(1A) inserted by No. 66/2003 s. 5. (1A) The Governor in Council may, when there is, or is about to be, a vacancy in the office of President of the Court of Appeal, appoint a Judge of Appeal to be Acting President for a period not exceeding 6 months. (2) A Judge of Appeal so appointed to be Acting President of the Court of Appeal has the same powers and jurisdiction as the President. S. 79A(3) inserted by No. 5/2013 s. 9. (3) A reserve Judge must not be appointed as Acting President. No. 6387 s. 10.