Pennsylvania Statutes Title 16 P.S. Counties § 7723. Designation of first assistant; powers and duties

The district attorney shall have the power to designate and appoint one of the assistant district attorneys, herein provided for, as his first assistant, who shall, in the absence of the district attorney from the jurisdiction or during his disability to perform the duties of his office through sickness or other cause, be vested with all the duties, powers, and privileges now given by law to the district attorney, and generally, at such times, be empowered to do and perform all things in connection with his office which the district attorney may by law be entitled to do or perform.