Designation and assignment of judges; sessions

§ 11–904. Designation and assignment of judges; sessions (a) The chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions shall, from time to time and for such periods as he determines, designate the judges to preside in and attend the divisions and several branches and sessions of the court. He may: 77 Stat. 488 (1) except as provided by sections 11–1103 and 11–1303, determine the number and fix the time of the various sessions of the court; and (2) arrange the business of the court, and divide it and assign it among the judges. Each associate judge shall attend and serve at the division, branch, or sessions of the court to which he is assigned. (b) When the chief judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals finds it in the public interest to do so, he may designate and assign a judge of that court to act temporarily as a judge of the Court of General Sessions.