3-6-204. Disqualification -- judge pro tempore. When a judge of a municipal court has been disqualified or is sick or unable to act, the judge shall call in a justice of the peace for a justice's court established as a court of record provided for in 3-10-101, another municipal court judge, a retired justice of the peace for a justice's court established as a court of record, a retired municipal court judge, or an attorney of the county in which the court is located to act as a judge pro tempore. The judge pro tempore has the same power and authority as the municipal court judge.

     History: En. Sec. 13, Ch. 177, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 5094.13, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 11-1713; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 21, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 389, L. 2003.