(1) This section applies if the president temporarily can not perform the functions of office.
(2) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, appoint a person who is a Supreme Court judge to act as the president.
(3) A person who has acted as president may attend sittings of the court to give a decision in, or otherwise complete, proceedings heard by the person while acting as president.
(4) The person’s decision is taken to be the president’s decision in the proceedings.
(5) Section 414 applies to the person while the person acts as president as if the person were appointed as president.