# The Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Article 6: Immunity for certain acts beyond jurisdiction.


An action shall lie against any resident magistrate, lay magistrate or clerk of petty sessions in respect of any act or omission of his—
(a) in the purported exercise of his duty—
(i) as a resident magistrate or a lay magistrate; or
(ii) as such a clerk exercising, by virtue of any statutory provision, any function of a magistrates' court; but
(b) with respect to a matter which is not within his jurisdiction,
if, but only if, it is proved that he acted in bad faith.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/1675/article/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-6
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