37.1. Notwithstanding section 37, the chief judge shall exercise no functions other than those of chief judge or of a municipal judge. However, the chief judge may carry out any mandate entrusted to the chief judge by order of the Government.
The second paragraph of section 129 of the Courts of Justice Act (chapter T-16) applies to the exercise of such functions.
The provisions of this section do not apply to the chief judge appointed or designated under section 36.4.