# Sheriffs Act 1887, Section 17: Disability to act as justice of the peace.

Extent: E+W

A person shall not, while he is sheriff of a county, act as a justice of the peace in any local justice area consisting of or including the whole or a part of that county, and if he does so act, all his acts done as such justice of the peace shall be void.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/50-51/55/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sheriffs-act-1887/section-17
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