Section 6 Appointment and removal of justices of the peace.
England and Wales
Subject to the following provisions of this Act, justices of the peace for any commission area shall be appointed F1by the Lord Chancellor by instrument on behalf and in the name of Her Majesty, and a justice so appointed may be removed from office in like manner.
The preceding subsection does not apply to stipendiary magistrates and shall be without prejudice to the position of the Lord Mayor and aldermen as justices for the City of London by virtue of the charters of the City.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words substituted by Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c.53, SIF 37), s. 65
Notes on the whole Act
Textual amendments
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Act repealed (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(3), 74(1), Sch. 6 Pt.I (with savings in Sch. 4 Pt. II paras. 6(a), 23, 28 and saving (temp.) for ss. 58 and 70 of the repealed Act in Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 7(2)(a)