High Court Ordinance

(1)
The Chief Justice may appoint a person who is eligible under
section
                    37AA(2)
to be appointed as a senior deputy registrar to be a temporary
                senior deputy registrar
if—
(a)
the office of any senior deputy registrar becomes vacant for any reason;
                    or
(b)
he considers that the interest of the administration of justice requires
                    that a temporary senior 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 senior deputy registrar for a
                specified period only.
(2A)
A temporary senior deputy registrar has, during the period for which he or she
                is appointed, all the jurisdiction, privileges, powers and duties of a senior deputy
                registrar and a reference in any law to a senior deputy registrar of the High Court
                is to be construed accordingly.
(Added
17 of 2018 s. 7
)
(3)
The Chief Justice may terminate the appointment of a temporary senior deputy
                registrar at any time.
(4)
A temporary senior deputy registrar may be called Master.
(5)
In this section and
section 40A
,
temporary
                    senior deputy
                registrar
(
暫委高級副司法常務官
) means a person appointed under
                subsection (1) to be a temporary senior deputy registrar.