High Court Ordinance

(1)
The Chief Justice may appoint a person who is eligible under
section
                    37AA(4)
to be appointed as an assistant registrar to be a temporary
                assistant registrar
if—
(Amended
10 of 2005 s. 136
)
(a)
the office of any assistant registrar becomes vacant for any reason;
                    or
(b)
he considers that the interest of the administration of justice requires
                    that a temporary assistant 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 assistant registrar for a specified period only.
(2A)
A temporary assistant registrar has, during the period for which he or she is
                appointed, all the jurisdiction, privileges, powers and duties of an assistant
                registrar and a reference in any law to an assistant registrar of the High Court is
                to be construed accordingly.
(Added
17 of 2018 s. 9
)
(3)
The Chief Justice may terminate the appointment of a temporary assistant
                registrar at any time.
(4)
A temporary assistant registrar may be called Master.
(5)
In this section and
section 40A
,
temporary
                    assistant
                registrar
(
暫委助理司法常務官
) means a person appointed under
                subsection (1) to be a temporary assistant registrar.