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Section VII-A-3: Presiding judge - Rules - Meetings - Clerk - Powers.

  (a)  Subject to the provisions of this Article, each division
of the Court shall select its presiding judge, and shall be judge
of the qualifications and the disqualification of its own members
and shall make and publish its own rules of procedure.  Each
division shall meet on call of its presiding judge or three (3)
of its members;  a majority of the authorized membership of
either division of the court shall constitute a quorum for the
exercise of any or all of the jurisdiction of that division,
regardless of whether or not vacancies exist in the membership of
that division.
  (b)  The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall be the clerk of the
court. He shall perform his duties under the direction of the
Court or of the presiding judges.
  (c)  In the exercise of its jurisdiction, the Court is vested
with full judicial power and authority, including the power to
summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath and to compel
the production of books, papers, documents, records and other
evidential objects; to issue all manner of judicial and remedial
process and writs, legal or equitable; to provide for discovery
procedures in advance of trial; to make rules governing
procedure; to grant full immunity from prosecution or punishment
when deemed necessary and proper in order to compel the giving of
testimony under oath or the production of books, papers,
documents, records or other evidential objects.  The specific
enumeration of powers herein shall not derogate from the
existence of other judicial power and authority in the Court, or
from the exercise thereof in aid of its jurisdiction. 

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