Second Session,

46th General Assembly

58 Elizabeth II,

BILL 20

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL

COURT ACT, 1991

Received

and Read the First Time ...................................................................

Second

Reading ..............................................................................................

Committee ......................................................................................................

Third

Reading .................................................................................................

Royal

Assent ...................................................................................................

HONOURABLE THOMAS

W. MARSHALL, Q.C.

Minister of Justice

and Attorney General

Ordered to be printed by

the Honourable House of Assembly

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the Provincial Court Act, 1991 .

Clause 1 of the Bill would provide

for a term of office of chief judge of 7 years.

The current term is 10 years.

Clause 2 of the Bill would provide

for a term of office of the members of the complaints review committee, other

than the chief judge, of 3 years, with eligibility to serve for further terms.

A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE PROVINCIAL

COURT ACT, 1991

Analysis

S.7 Amdt.

Chief judge

S.19 Amdt.

Complaints Review Committee

Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and

House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

SNL1991 c15

as amended

1. Subsection 7(2) of the Provincial Court Act, 1991 is repealed and the following

substituted:

(2) The term of office of the chief judge

appointed under subsection (1) shall be 7 years.

Section 19 of the Act is amended by adding

immediately after subsection (2) the following:

(3) The term of office of the members of the

committee referred to in paragraphs (1)(

b) and (

c) shall be 3 years and those

members are eligible to serve for additional terms.

Earl G. Tucker, Queen's Printer