Part I Constitution and Administration

Miscellaneous provisions as to officers

13 Officers of court not to act as F1legal representatives in that court.

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F3A fee-paid part-time judge of the county court may not act as a judge of the court in relation to any proceedings in the court in which—

a

the judge,

b

a partner or employer of the judge,

c

a body of which the judge is a member or officer, or

d

a body of whose governing body the judge is a member,

is directly or indirectly engaged as F1legal representative or agent for any party F4....

C12

Every person who contravenes this section shall for each offence be liable on summary conviction to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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C214 Penalty for assaulting officers.

1

If any person assaults an officer of F7the county court while in the execution of his duty, he shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to a fine of an amount not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both; or

b

on an order made by the F8court in that behalf, to be committed for a specified period not exceeding 3 months to . . . F2prison . . . F2or to such a fine as aforesaid, or to be so committed and to such a fine,

and F9an officer of the court may take the offender into custody, with or without warrant, and bring him before the F8court.

2

The judge may at any time revoke an order committing a person to prison under this section and, if he is already in custody, order his discharge.

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