s 10 Appointments and qualifications of Magistrates
10.—(1) The President may, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice, appoint any fit and proper person to be a Magistrate.[14/2010] (2) A person must not be appointed to be or to act as a Magistrate unless he or she has been for not less than 3 years a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act 1966.[14/2010; 5/2014] (3) Despite subsection (2), a person may be appointed to be or to act as a Magistrate if —(a) the person has been for not less than one year a qualified person as defined in section 2 of the Legal Profession Act 1966; and (b) the Chief Justice, after having regard to the qualifications and experience of the person, is of the opinion that the person is suitable to be appointed as a Magistrate.[5/2014]