SUPERANNUA-
9.
TION.
Subject
Superannuation for persons appointed from outside
public service.
10.
MAGISTRATES.
Salary.
3-
Existing Position
√ & Puione | judge
That salary.
Govemar will send Siswes
Two grades of magistrate on the Master Pay Scale. One grade on the superscale.
No
Proposal
No special pension. Such persons would be appointed on agreement with usual gratuity at the end of a notional 21 year tour. This is considered entirely adequate.
No change. If unifying of salary is desirable, Chief Justice's policy of requiring "older" candidates for appoint- ment as magistrate will produce generalfy uniform salary on the Master Pay Scale for magistrates, having regard to grant of increments for professional experience beyond minimum. Fixed salary at a high level is neither practical nor acceptable.
11.
EXPERIENCE
OF CIVIL WORK.
Experience of civil work for prospective
District Judges.
Magistrates have no civil juris- diction. Such as they had has been taken away in recent years.
Talk to C.J
No change in the jurisdiction of magis- trates. Chief Justice's policy is that magistrates and others who are likely to be appointed to the District Court should have experience in the Supreme Court Registry beforehand - thus providing some experience of civil matters. Chief Justice does not favour a civil juris- diction for magistrates. It is the Government's policy that changes in relation to smaller civil matters must be in the direction of the new labour tribunal and the proposed small claims tribunal where proceedings are informal and conducted in the Chinese language.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.