1. (a) Except where the court is required to act en banc, a judge may perform any function of the court, including the entry of interlocutory or ex parte orders and other matters in the nature thereof.
2. (b) A judge may perform a function of the court, other than trying an action, at any time and at any place within the judicial district.
3. (c) Each court may regulate the assignment of business among its judges.

Source

The provisions of this Rule 249 adopted January 4, 1952, effective July 1, 1952; amended April 12, 1999, effective July 1, 1999, 29 Pa.B. 2266; amended December 16, 2003, effective July 1, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 9. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (286950).