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Judges Salaries Act 1872

35 & 36 Vict. c. 51 · Enacted 16 August 1872 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act for amending the Law relating to the Salaries of Judges.

[16th August 1872]C1C2C3

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C1

Act repealed so far as relates to (a) an assistant judge in England, (b) the salary of a police judge in the metropolis and (c) judges of county courts by Middlesex Sessions Act 1874 (c. 7), Sch. 2, Metropolitan Police Magistrates Act 1875 (c. 3), Sch. and County Courts Act 1934 (c. 53), Sch. 5 respectively

C2

Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54), Sch. 1

C3

This Act is not necessarily in the form in which it has effect in Northern Ireland

Contents

  1. 1Short title.
  2. 2Commencement and payment of judicial salaries.
  3. 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  4. 4Definition of “judge.”

1Short title.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as “The Judges Salaries Act 1872.”

2Commencement and payment of judicial salaries.

Notwithstanding anything contained in any Act of Parliament, the judicial salary of every judge in the United Kingdom shall begin from the date of his appointment as judge, and not before, and shall accrue due from day to day during the time of his continuance in office, and shall be payable at such intervals not exceeding three months as may be from time to time determined by the Treasury.

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4Definition of “judge.”

The expression “judge” shall include . . . F1 every . . . F2 stipendary magistrate, or other person performing judicial duties in the United Kingdom in respect of which he is paid a salary.