Georgia § 15-6-13 - Disqualified judge to procure replacement; failure as ground of impeachment.
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§ 15-6-13. Disqualified judge to procure replacement; failure as ground of impeachment.
When from any cause a judge of the superior court is disqualified from presiding in a matter, he shall procure the services of another superior court judge to try the matter, even if he has to call for a special term of court for that purpose. Failure of a judge to comply with subsection (a) of this Code section within a reasonable time, when it is in his power to do so, is a ground of impeachment. (Orig. Code 1863, §§ 246, 247; Code 1868, §§ 240, 241; Code 1873, §§ 250, 251; Code 1882, §§ 250, 251; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4326, 4328; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4855, 4857; Code 1933, §§ 24-2623, 24-2624.) Judge's exercise of power outside own court, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. VI, Sec. I, Para. III. Recusal, Uniform Superior Court Rules, Rule 25. Cross references. - Impeachment, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VII. Law reviews. - For article, "Judicial Retirement, Discipline and Removal," see 3 Ga. St. B. J. 197 (1966). For article discussing the inefficiency of mandamus and impeachment as remedies for judicial inaction, see 5 Ga. St. B. J. 467 (1969).
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