35. Temporary vacancy of office of District Judge.—In the event of the death of the District Judge
or of his being prevented from performing his duties by illness or other casualty, or of his absence from
his District on leave, the first in rank of the Assistant Judges in the District, or in the absence from the
District of an Assistant Judge the first in rank of the Subordinate Judges, shall assume charge of the
District Court without interruption to his ordinary jurisdiction, and while so in charge shall perform the
duties of a District judge with respect to the filing of suits and appeals, receiving pleadings, execution of
processes, return of writs and the like, and shall be designated Assistant Judge or Subordinate Judge, as
the case may be, in charge of the District, and shall continue in such charge until the office of District
Judge may be resumed or assumed by an officer duly appointed thereto.
36. Delegation of powers of District Judge.—Any District Judge leaving the Sadr station and
proceeding on duty to any place within his District, may delegate to an Assistant Judge, or in the absence
of an Assistant Judge to a Subordinate Judge at the Sadr station, the power of performing such of the
duties enumerated in section thirty-five as may be emergent; and such officer shall be designated
Assistant or Subordinate Judge, as the case may be, in charge of the Sadr station.
37. Temporary vacancy of office of Subordinate Judge.—In the event of the death, suspension or
temporary absence of any Subordinate Judge, the District Judge may empower the Judge of any
Subordinate Court of the same District to perform the duties of the Judge of the vacated Subordinate
Court, either at the place of such Court or of his own Court; but in every such case the Registers and
Records of the two Courts shall be kept distinct.