The latter is in turn assisted by three associate chief judges. Coordinating judges may also assist the chief judge and the senior associate chief judge in the performance of their functions. It also handles legal proceedings involving municipal and school affairs provided for in the Code of Civil Procedure . This appeal jurisdiction also applies to the decisions of the Minister of Revenuin provincial taxation matters and to the decisions of several agencies empowered to issue or revoke permits. Since this Division is not as formal, the written procedure is very simplified and the judge himself directs the proceedings, questions the witnesses and hears the parties.
Decisions are irrevocable.
In penal matters, it hears the legal proceedings instituted for offences against provincial and federal laws. In civil matters, it has jurisdiction in matters of adoption and youth protection in accordance with the Youth Protection Act . In criminal and penal matters, it hears, in first instance, cases involving persons between the age of 12 and 18 having committed an offence against a federal or provincial law or a municipal by-law. They are presided over by approximately 100 municipal judges. They have jurisdiction in civil matters over tax claims, but above all in penal matters for judging offences against municipal by-laws and provincial statutes such as the Highway Safety Code.