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QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY LAW FOR APPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES, &C.,
AND LAW OFFICERS IN CROWN COLONIES AND PROTECTORATES.
Miscellaneous
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Bahamas.
Chief Justice.
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Any Counsel called to the Bahamas Bar who has previously practised thereat
as Counsel for a period of not less than ten years, or any Member of the English,
"Scotch or Irish Bars of not less than ten years' standing, shall be qualified to be "appointed Chief Justice."
(Supreme Court Aet, 1896, § viii.) Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrates (2).
"No person shall be appointed
unless he be a member of the
"English or Irish Bar, or a Scotch Advocate, or a Member of the Bar of these "Islands, or of any of His Majesty's Colonies, of not less than three years' standing."
(Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrates Act, 1885, § 2.)
Attorney-General. No qualifications prescribed apparently.
Barbados.
Chief Judge.
"Such Chief Judge shall
be a Barrister-at-Law, or Advocate,
"admitted to practise as such in the Supreme Courts of Judicature in England or "Ireland, or in the Court of Session in Scotland."
(Act No. 34 of 1891, § 2 (1).)
Attorney-General and Solicitor-General. Apparently no qualifications prescribed. Bechuanaland Protectorate.
(Tide Order in Council, 9th May, 1891, § 3, and Proclamation of 24th December, 1891.)
Bermuda.
Chief Justice and Judges. See Supreme Court Act, 1905, which does not apparently
prescribe qualifications.
Attorney-General. No qualifications prescribed apparently.
British Guiana.
Chief Justice and Puisne Judges.
Must be Barristers entitled to practise in Superior Courts of England or Ireland, or Advocates entitled to practise in the Superior Courts of Scotland (of not less than seven years' standing).
(Ordinance No. 7 of 1893, § 7.)
I can find no qualifications prescribed for Attorney-General or Solicitor-General, but I observe that Sec. 4 of Ordinance No. 18 of 1897 enacts that the Attorney. General and Solicitor-General may appear in any case on behalf of the Crown and the Government of the Colony (but in no other case) without the requirement of
admission to the local bar.
(12942--2.) Wt. 34876—G 998. 70. 4/09. D&S,
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