HRS §602-56
Who can act when the chief judge is unavailable
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that if the chief judge of the intermediate appellate court cannot do a required task because the job is empty, they are sick, away, or unable, another judge chosen by the supreme court's rules can do it instead.
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The statute, as written — Absence, disability, of the chief judge
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Whenever, by the provisions of any law of the State, any act is required to be prepared by the chief judge of the intermediate appellate court, the act may be performed, in case of a vacancy, or illness, absence or disability, by an associate judge designated in accordance with the rules of the supreme court.
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