# Courts Act 1971, Section 54: Boroughs: honorary offices.


(1) The council of a borough shall have power to appoint a person to be honorary recorder of the borough.
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) A person shall not be qualified to hold office as an honorary recorder of a borough . . . unless he is a Circuit judge or Recorder (that is to say a Recorder appointed under this Act):
Provided that this subsection shall not apply to a borough which immediately before the appointed day—
(a) had power by charter to appoint a recorder of the borough, and
(b) did not have a separate court of quarter sessions.
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/23/section/54 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-1971/section-54
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