High Court Ordinance

(1)
The Chief Justice may appoint a person who is eligible under
section
                    37AA(3)
to be appointed as a deputy registrar to be a temporary deputy
                registrar
if—
(Amended
10 of 2005 s. 135
)
(a)
the office of any deputy registrar becomes vacant for any reason;
                    or
(b)
he considers that the interest of the administration of justice requires
                    that a temporary deputy registrar should be appointed.
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred on him by subsection
                (1), the Chief Justice may appoint a temporary deputy registrar for a specified
                period only.
(2A)
A temporary deputy registrar has, during the period for which he or she is
                appointed, all the jurisdiction, privileges, powers and duties of a deputy registrar
                and a reference in any law to a deputy registrar of the High Court is to be
                construed accordingly.
(Added
17 of 2018 s. 8
)
(3)
The Chief Justice may terminate the appointment of a temporary deputy registrar
                at any time.
(4)
A temporary deputy registrar may be called Master.
(5)
In this section and
section 40A
,
temporary
                    deputy
                registrar
(
暫委副司法常務官
) means a person appointed under
                subsection (1) to be a temporary deputy registrar.