Special sitting

(1) The Chief Justice may at any time appoint a special sitting of the Court in the Central District for– (a) the trial of any civil cause or matter; (b) the trial of any criminal cause with the consent of the person or persons committed for trial before the Court in the Central District; or (c) the passing of sentence upon any prisoner committed for trial or sentence, whenever circumstances render it in his opinion expedient to do so, and any such trial and sentence shall have the same validity in every respect as if it had taken place at the time and place when and where it would have been tried in due course. (2) Any judge may preside at any such special sitting. 33