Section 14a.

A justice of the court of special sessions of the city of new York may be assigned temporarily, without change in his compensation, to hold a trial or special term of any county court within the city of New York or of the court of general sessions of the county of New York upon an order of a majority of the justices of the appellate division in the judicial department to which the assignment is made, if in their opinion there is need for the assignment and there is no likelihood of serious prejudice to the court from which the justice is assigned. No temporary assignment of any justice for service outside his judicial department shall be made unless a majority of the justices of the appellate division in his department consent thereto. A justice while temporarily assigned shall have the powers, duties, and jurisdiction of a judge of the court to which he is assigned. No temporary assignment of any justice for service outside his court shall affect his existing office or create a vacancy therein.