Section 73June 17, 1948, Sec./Art. 73

Auxiliary justice - Qualifications and duties. - The auxiliary justice of the peace shall have the same qualifications and be subject to the same restrictions as the regular justice, and shall perform the duties of said office during any vacancy therein or in case of the absence of the regular justice from the municipality, or of his disability or disqualification, or in case of his death or resignation until the appointment and qualification of his successor, or in any cause whose immediate trial the regular justice shall certify to be specially urgent and which is unable to try by reason of actual engagement in another trial.

In case there is no auxiliary justice of the peace to perform the duties of the regular justice in the case above mentioned, the district judge shall designate the nearest justice of the peace of the province to act as justice of the peace in such municipality, town, or place.