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Part 2
Magistrates
Establishment
of offices of
Magistrate .
248. (1) There shall be offices of Magistrate for Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines, by whatever other name those offices may be designated.
(2) The number of offices of Magistrate and their respective
districts shall be such as may be prescribed by Parliament.
(3) Where, by virtue of any agreement between Saint
Vincent and the Grenadines and any CARICOM or OECS member state of
the Commonwealth, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines becomes a party to
arrangements for the establishment of a regional magistracy by whatever
name called, Parliament may prescribe provisions to bring the magistracy in
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines into conformity with such agreed regional
arrangements.
(4) In this Constitution, the expression “Magistrate”
includes the President and Vice President of the Family Court established
by the Family Court Act of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(a), as well as
the judicial officers of any other specialist court of law which may be
established by Act of Parliament and not falling within the ambit of the
Supreme Court Order.
Appointment.
249. (1) The power to appoint persons to hold or act in the
offices of Magistrate (including the power to transfer and to confirm
appointments) and the power to exercise disciplinary control over persons
holding or acting in such offices, but not the power to remove such persons
from office, shall vest in the President acting in accordance with the
advice of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission.
(a) Act No. 53 of 1992.
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