Section 4
SEC. 4. Section 70 of the said Act is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 70. Tenure of office— transfer from one municipality to another.— Municipal judges having the requisite legal qualifications shall hold office during good behavior, until they reach the age of seventy years, or become incapacitated to discharge the duties of their office, unless sooner removed in accordance with law or unless his office be lawfully abolished or merged in the jurisdiction of another municipal judge: Provided, That in case the public interest requires it, a municipal judge of one municipality may be transferred to another: Provided, further, that whenever the municipal judge of a municipality shall certify to the district judge or the district judge, upon inspection, shall determine, that the condition of the docket in a municipal court is such as to require the assistance of an additional judge, the district judge may assign for a period of not more than three months each time, any municipal judge of any municipality within the province whose, docket permits his temporary absence from said court, to hold sessions in the municipal court needing such assistance. No judge so detailed shall take cognizance of any case when any of the parties thereto Acts and the objection is sustained by the district judge. Whenever the condition of the docket in any municipal court within the province is such that it does not require the daily attendance of the municipal judge therein, the district judge may with the consent of the municipal judge concerned and for a period of not more than three months for each time, assign the said municipal judge to his court or to any other branch of the court of first instance of the province to assist the judge of the court of first instance in the making of researches, drafting of interlocutory orders or acting as hearing commissioner as provided for in the rules of court."