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Article 29 Swearing in of magistrates, members and assessors on appointment

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

A person appointed a magistrate under section 6(4) of the 1976 Act shall take an oath upon his appointment before the Lord Chancellor or a person authorised by him in that behalf.

(2)

A person appointed a member of a panel under subsection (6) or (8) of section 6 of the 1976 Act shall take an oath upon his appointment before the magistrate or the Judge Advocate General.