Cap. 12 чл. 478Presence of judge atexecutionof acts

(1) Where at the execution of any act, the presence of the judge of the said court is required by law, he shall attend personally:

Provided that the presentation or withdrawal of a secret will may be effected in the presence of any other judge, notwithstanding that such judge may not be the judge assigned to the said court.

(2) The presence of the judge at the execution of an act shall not cure any defect arising from any departure from the express terms of the decree of authorisation, nor shall it validate such part of the act as requires authorization if such authorization has not been granted by a decree of the court.

(3) It shall be lawful for the judge to depute a judicial assistant to be present at the execution of the act. It shall also be lawful for the judge to depute a judicial assistant to receive the information referred to in article 471, or any sworn declaration mentioned in this Part, if the person to be examined or heard, or the deponent, is prevented by illness from attending in court or in such other place as may have been appointed by the judge.