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Formal Consolidation |  2007 RevEd
Appointments and qualifications of Magistrates and Coroners
10.—(1)  The President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint any fit and proper person to be a Magistrate or a Coroner.
(2)  No person shall be appointed to be or to act as a Magistrate or a Coroner unless he has been for not less than one year a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 5 of 2014
Appointments and qualifications of Magistrates
10.—(1)  The President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint any fit and proper person to be a Magistrate.
[14/2010 wef 02/01/2011]
(2)  No person shall be appointed to be or to act as a Magistrate unless he has been for not less than 3 years a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act.
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]
(3)  Notwithstanding subsection (2), a person may be appointed to be or to act as a Magistrate if —
(a)he has been for not less than one year a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act; and
(b)the Chief Justice, after having regard to the qualifications and experience of the person, is of the opinion that the person is suitable to be appointed as a Magistrate.
[Act 5 of 2014 wef 07/03/2014]