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FRIDAY,
AGEMBER 16, 1988
SALARIES REVISION OF MAGISTRATES AND PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATES
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS ACCEPTED A PROPOSAL SALARIES OF MAGISTRATES AND PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATES TO INCREASED LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE SALARIES WILL BE REVISED AS FOLLOWS:
RANK
TO REVISA THE REFLECT THEIR
EXISTING MONTHLY SALARY
NEW MONTHLY SALARY
PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATE
MAGISTRATE
THE INCREASED
$28,070
$35,150
$29,325
$30,595 $31,865
BY THREE ANNUAL INCREMENTS
LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY
PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATES COMES ABOUT
PARTLY
PROFESSIONAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MAGISTRATES' LONGER AND MORE THOROUGHLY CONTESTED CASES.
$38,450
-
$33,550
$32,750 $34,350 $35,150 BY THREE ANNUAL INCREMENTS
OF MAGISTRATES AND THROUGH INCREASED COURT, RESULTING IN
FURTHER, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL NO LONGER TRANSFERS CASES FROM THE MAGISTRATES' COURT TO THE DISTRICT COURT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE LONG OR BECAUSE DIFFICULT POINTS OF LAW ARE INVOLVED.
MANY CASES WHICH WOULD PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT ARE NOW HEARD BY MAGISTRATES.
SPECIAL MAGISTRATES, WHO WERE FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1992, HAVE REMOVED THE TRIAL OF MANY SIMPLE MATTERS FROM PERMANENT MAGISTRATES.
THE SALARIES REVISION WILL ALSO PERMIT THE JUDICIARY TO EXERCISE GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE POSTING OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS BETWEEN VARIOUS COURTS.
MAGISTRATES AT THE TOP OF THE NEW SALARY SCALE WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERTAKE THE WORK OF CORONER, ADJUDICATOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER, ALL OF WHICH ARE AT SALARY POINT $35,150.
CORONERS, ADJUDICATORS AND PRESIDING OFFICERS WILL, TN TURN, BE ABLE TO SIT AS MAGISTRATES, AS THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE REQUIRE, AND BE MORE READILY ELIGIBLE FOR PROMOTION TO PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATES .
ON
MAGISTRATES AND PRINCIPAL MAGISTRATES WERE, UNTIL RECENTLY, SALARY SCALES AT MPS 48-51: $28,070 - $31,865 AND DJI 1
1 ($35,150)
RESPECTIVELY.
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