(a)   The parties to any cause may submit the cause to the court for
determination without the aid of a jury.
  (b)   In all cases of presentments or indictments for offenses that are
punishable by death, on suggestion in writing under oath of either of
the parties to the proceedings that the party cannot have a fair and
impartial trial in the court in which the proceedings may be pending,
the court shall order and direct the record of proceedings in the
presentment or indictment to be transmitted to some other court having
jurisdiction in such case for trial.
  (c)   In all other cases of presentment or indictment, and in all suits or
actions at law or issues from the Orphans' Court pending in any of the
courts of law in this State which have jurisdiction over the cause or
case, in addition to the suggestion in writing of either of the parties
to the cause or case that the party cannot have a fair and impartial
trial in the court in which the cause or case may be pending, it shall
be necessary for the party making the suggestion to make it
satisfactorily appear to the court that the suggestion is true, or that
there is reasonable ground for the same; and thereupon the court shall
order and direct the record of the proceedings in the cause or case to
be transmitted to some other court, having jurisdiction in the cause or
case, for trial. The right of removal also shall exist on suggestion in
a cause or case in which all the judges of the court may be
disqualified under the provisions of this Constitution to sit. The
court to which the record of proceedings in such suit or action, issue,
presentment or indictment is transmitted, shall hear and determine that
cause or case in the same manner as if it had been originally
instituted in that Court. The General Assembly shall modify the
existing law as may be necessary to regulate and give force to this
provision.
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