388. The application for a re-addition or a recount must be made in the judicial district in which the municipality concerned or any part thereof is situated, before a judge of the Provincial Court selected in the following order.
If the application is made during a term of the Provincial Court of such district, it shall be presented to the judge presiding at such term.
If made out of term of such court, it shall be presented to a judge of the Provincial Court having his residence in the judicial district, if there be any and if he be able to act, otherwise it shall be presented to the judge who presided at the last term of such court.
If, through the absence, illness or other inability to act of such judge, it is impossible to bring such application before him, it shall be presented to the judge designated by the Chief judge of the Provincial Court or the Associate chief judge of the Provincial Court assigned to the territorial jurisdiction in which the municipality is situated.
1954-55, c. 50, s. 10; 1965 (1st sess.), c. 17, s. 2.