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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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