(2) On any legal holiday in this state no court may be open or transact any judicial business for any purpose except:
(a) To give instructions to a jury then deliberating upon its verdict;
(b) To receive the verdict of a jury, or to discharge a jury in case of its inability to agree upon a verdict; or
(c) For the exercise of the powers of a magistrate in criminal actions or proceedings of a criminal nature.
(3) Except to the extent provided by the order, a court may not be open or transact judicial business for any purpose when the court is closed by an order of the Chief Justice. [Amended by 1971 c.240 §1; 1973 c.512 §1; 1981 s.s. c.3 §21; 2002 s.s.1 c.10 §7]