Examples of Senior Magistrate in a sentence
Works under the direction of and reports to the Senior Magistrate.
Performs any other work-related duties as may be assigned by the Senior Magistrate from time to time.
According to Article 7(2) of the COCP, the Chief Justice may designate one of the Magistrates as Senior Magistrate.
The scheme is administered by the Senior Magistrate who has a discretion to provide legal aid (irrespective of the applicant’s means) where the case involves a challenge or declaration as to the effect of the Constitution in relation to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual unless such a case is declared to be frivolous or vexatious by the Chief Justice or Senior Magistrate.
Where a Chief or Senior Magistrate is satisfied from information given on oath or affirmation by the investigating officer, that urgent action is required to obtain evidence pertaining to the contravention of the provisions of this Act, which evidence is likely to be concealed or destroyed, the Magistrate may dispense with any procedural requirements and grant a search warrant to the investigating officer at such time and place and under such conditions as the urgency of the matter may require.
The Summary Court deals with the most simple criminal cases (or sits when the Senior Magistrate is not in the Falkland Islands) and JPs can also act as the Licensing Justices regarding liquor licensing.
Before entering upon the functions of his or her office, the Chief Justice, any acting judge of the Supreme Court, every judge of the Court of Appeal, and the Senior Magistrate shall make and subscribe before the Governor or some other person authorised for that purpose by the Governor, acting in his or her discretion, the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath set out in Annex B to this Constitution.
The Magistrate’s Court is presided over by a resident Senior Magistrate, appointed by the Governor, who is invariably an experienced barrister of at least ten years call and often an acting judge from the jurisdiction of England and Wales.
The judiciary in the Falkland Islands comprises a Chief Justice (appointed from the High Court in England & Wales), a resident Senior Magistrate appointed on a 3-year contract, and 12 Justices of the Peace drawn from the community.
Cases of doubtIn any case where a magistrate is uncertain as to how these principles apply to the particular circumstances, he or she may seek guidance from the Senior Magistrate or the head of the judiciary, the Chief Justice.