Section 52. Transfer of persons and charges

(1) Except as provided in this
  section, no charge, complaint or person brought before one judge of  the
  court  sitting  as a magistrate shall be sent before another such judge,
  or any other magistrate, except for adequate cause, to be fully  and  at
  once  entered  upon the records kept by the respective clerks and signed
  by the judge, and no  person  shall  be  committed  or  recommitted  for
  examination save for necessary cause, to be then clearly stated upon the
  record;  the  hearing  upon any charge shall not be adjourned to another
  day without the reason therefor being  entered  upon  such  record,  nor
  shall  any charge be dismissed or any prisoner discharged without record
  thereof made as above provided.
    (2) Illness, absence or other inability of a judge, or the  occurrence
  of  a vacancy in his office, shall be adequate cause, without entry upon
  the record, for any transfer included in the  preceding  subdivision  of
  this  section,  if  the judge or other magistrate appearing in his place
  shall elect to proceed.