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BILL No.

31 of 1992 TUESDAY, 25TH AUGUST; 1992 I 1 n t Sile!

.I PARLIAMENT OFFICE, ut Pttblie Buildings, ~ Guyana;·· I99l-l08f.425 1 , • The following Bill which wi!ll be introduced in the National As&"embl,: is published for general information.

1 r · CUYANA I ul BILL No.

31 OF 1992 -iJlJS'fICl!Sli(Wl lffIE PEACE {EXTENSION OF JURISDICTION) BILL 1992 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECI10N I .

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Short title.

·Extension of jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace.

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s.eer +o f E oM J. I A BILL Intituled.

AN ACT to provide for the extension of the jurisdiction of J us­ period.

tices of the Peace for a limited A:O.

1992 Enacted by ithe Parliament of Guyana:- Short title, tension -�� )l'i['; ) l 1.

This Act may be cited as the Justices Act 1992. of Jurisdiction) of the Peace (Ex- Exteni,ion of iurtsdlc­ Uoo of Jus­ tlces of the Peace.

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(I) ,Notwithstanding anything law, every in any written an ex offico Justice of the Peace, .lust.ice of the Peace, including whose appointment is limited to a part of Guyana, deemed· a Justice · th� iperiOd commencing President t.doction the aforesaid date.
· ' ; for in and for the whole of Guyana, on the date of the proclamations t�e date of the g�eral 1We��·after �ntlieg_;�d ., ·' · ')lf«tl<hui and .regltmtfl•�lections:this appointing y�riahd under the Constitution of the •Peace is hereby by the '1 (2)Notwithstanding anything of an ex officio Justice pointment to an end during of his retirement an ex officio Justice the end of ithe period the period referred from the office, of the Peace, referred to in subsection by virtue of which he became (1) on account until shall be deemed to continue (1).
to in subsection 'in any written law, the ap­ of the Peace, which would come EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM in furthe�nce desirable, of the electoral process, that the n of Justices of the Peace should be extended to embrace the It is considered hmited jurisdictio whole of Guyana.

This should ments by virtue apply as well to Justices of their offices.

of the Peace who hold their appoint­ This Bill seeks to provide accordingly.

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