Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental

Boroughs: honorary offices

54 Boroughs: honorary offices.

1

The council of a borough shall have power to appoint a person to be honorary recorder of the borough.

2

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3

A person shall not be qualified to hold office as an honorary recorder of a borough . . . F2 unless he is a Circuit judge or Recorder (that is to say a Recorder appointed under this Act):

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to a borough which immediately before the appointed day—

a

had power by charter to appoint a recorder of the borough, and

b

did not have a separate court of quarter sessions.

4

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