![]() (3) Subject to the direction of the Chief Justice, the court must sit in each place where there is a registry of the court as often as is necessary for the reasonable dispatch of civil trials and other business. ![]() (2.1) Without limiting subsection (2), and despite any rule of law or enactment to the contrary, any criminal or civil matter that under any rule of law or enactment is to be or must be heard, or that an accused or a party is entitled to have heard, by the court in one of the County of Vancouver or the County of Westminster may be heard at any place within the Vancouver Westminster Judicial District that the court appoints. (2) The court may sit and act, at any time and at any place, for the transaction of any part of its business, civil or criminal, or for the discharge of any duty. (h) the County of Prince Rupert is a judicial district under the name of the "Prince Rupert Judicial District".ĩ (1) The court continues to be a court of original jurisdiction and has jurisdiction in all cases, civil and criminal, arising in British Columbia. ![]() (g) the County of Kootenay is a judicial district under the name of the "Kootenay Judicial District" (f) the County of Cariboo is a judicial district under the name of the "Cariboo Judicial District" (e) the County of Yale is a judicial district under the name of the "Yale Judicial District" (d.1) the County of Vancouver and the County of Westminster are collectively a judicial district under the name of the "Vancouver Westminster Judicial District" (b) the County of Nanaimo is a judicial district under the name of the "Nanaimo Judicial District" ![]() (a) the County of Victoria is a judicial district under the name of the "Victoria Judicial District" (9) The Chief Justice may require a judge, master, registrar or district registrar to attend a meeting, conference or seminar for a purpose relating to the administration of justice.Ĩ (1) Judicial districts are constituted by counties, as defined by the County Boundary Act, such that: (8) The Chief Justice may direct that a judge, master, registrar or district registrar sit at a location other than the one in which the judge, master, registrar or district registrar resides. (7) Before giving approval under subsection (6), the Chief Justice must consult with the Attorney General. (a) the judge, master, registrar or district registrar, as applicable, consents to the move, and (6) A judge, master, registrar or district registrar must not change their residence from the place or area referred to in subsection (4) unless (5) Before giving approval under subsection (4), the Chief Justice must consult with the Attorney General. (4) Each judge, master, registrar and district registrar must, as soon as practicable after being appointed, reside at the place or within the area approved in writing by the Chief Justice. (3) If the Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice are absent or unable to act, the powers of the Chief Justice may be exercised by the next senior non-supernumerary judge who resides in the judicial district of Vancouver Westminster. (2) Powers of the Chief Justice may be delegated to the Associate Chief Justice. (b) the administration of masters, registrars and district registrars. (a) the administration of the judges of court, and ![]() 2.1 (1) The Chief Justice has responsibility for ![]()
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