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MAGISTRATES' COURTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 9

9.(1) Her Majesty may, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, appoint
fit and proper persons to be resident magistrates, being persons who at the
dates of their appointments have practised for not less than seven years
either as a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or as a solicitor of the
Supreme Court.

(2) Without prejudice to section 7, a resident magistrate on his appointment
shall forthwith take the oath of allegiance and the judicial oath as required
by the Promissory Oaths Act 1868.

(3) A resident magistrate shall sit in accordance with directions given by the
Lord Chancellor.

(4) A resident magistrate may, in accordance with such directions, sit in any
petty sessions district.

(5) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Lord Chancellor may assign a
resident magistrate to one or more petty sessions districts and may from time
to time vary any such assignment.]

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