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of Crown Solicitor vacates it, tha

wund

post shall be redesignated "Senior Legal

Officer" but rather that when the

present holder vacates it, the post of

grown-501fcitor as such will be abolished,

(and that thom be, in its place, then will)

at least

and a new grade of "Senior Legal Officer" which will for the time bering

offecary west who

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having only one post on it will be

that

offices may in the holder established; *t WIII then be possible

le port open to a Legal Officer for any Leg:1 of 4oor to be selected offer

of any.

for promotion to the higher grade and

to hold the post on it whatever the nature

of his actual employment,

5. Paragraph 10

(but und

for any ben purposes)

that

I also understand that

your proposal ins that for

Legal Officers. I understand

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purposes that

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Attorney-Generat. H- follows

I understand that it

also the

intention that bogal Officers who are

wooht

posted as Magistrates should remain under

would have author'd

that the Attorney-General for establishment

thet, after consultation with

to

the Chief Justice, he may transfer officers

to and from Magistracies.

If the Chief

Justice has agreed to this proposal I do

not wish to object, but I do not think

the principle should be accepted if the

The Chief Justice is opposed to it.

normal course would be for changes of this

nature to be made by the Governor after

consultation with both the Chief Justice

and the Attorney-General.

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