The Chief Justice may suspend a judge from office with pay when a charge has been filed against him/her imputing the commission of a crime, or may suspend him/her from his/her functions with pay, or impose any other provisional measure before an extraordinary situation that adversely affects such functions while the investigation of the conduct or condition proceed, or until the disciplinary or severance procedure concludes. History —Aug. 22, 2003, No. 201, § 6.007, eff. 90 days after Aug. 22, 2003.
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