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Rule 117. Continuous Coverage for Issuance of Warrants, Preliminary Arraignments, Summary Trials, and Setting and Accepting Bail.
Continuous coverage for issuance of warrants, holding of preliminary arraignments and summary trials, and setting and accepting bail shall be by traditional on-call system as presently established. The President Judge shall assign a Magisterial District Judge to establish the schedule of assignment of Magisterial District Judges to on-call duty. This schedule shall be submitted to the President Judge for approval.
Magisterial District Judges, the Clerk of Court and the Sheriff of Warren County in his capacity as Warden of the Warren County Jail shall be authorized to accept bail in accordance with the provisions, and subject to the limitations, of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.