COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - SECT 13 Judges not to engage in legal practice or sit in Parliament

COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - SECT 13

S. 13(1) amended by No. 35/1996

s. 453(Sch. 1 item 15.2).

    (1)     No judge under this Act shall during his continuance in such office engage in legal practice or be capable of being elected or of sitting as a member of the Legislative Council or Legislative Assembly or of the Commonwealth Parliament.

S. 13(2) inserted by No. 43/1991 s. 41(1)(b), amended by No. 63/2013 s. 33.

    (2)     This section does not apply in relation to engaging in legal practice by a reserve judge who has been given approval by the Chief Judge to engage in legal practice under section 12E.

S. 13A inserted by No. 16/1986 s. 9(1), amended by Nos 4/1987 s. 4(2), 64/1990 s. 20(Sch. item 2.2), 43/1991 s. 41(2), 9/1995

s. 8(1)–(4), 22/1995 s. 22, 35/1996 s. 453(Sch. 1 items 15.3, 15.4), 1/2000 s. 4(2), repealed by No. 3/2005 s. 7, new s. 13A inserted by No. 63/2013 s. 69.