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.
| EnactedEn. SectionSec. 164, Code of Civil ProcedureC. Civ. Proc. 1895 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 6312, RevisedRev. CodeC. 1907 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 33, Laws ofL. 1915 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 8823, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1921 |
| ReenactedRe-en. SectionSec. 8823, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1935 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 93-312 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 2, ChapterCh. 110, Laws ofL. 1995 |