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43. Duties of Assistant Clerk
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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43. Duties of Assistant Clerk
An assistant clerk shall perform the duties that are assigned to him or her by the magistrate.
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43. Duties of Assistant Clerk
1. Short title
2. Interpretation of terms
3. Division of the Island into Judicial Districts
4. Constitution of the district Courts
5. Presiding Officer of the Court
6. Criminal Jurisdiction of the Court
7. Civil jurisdiction of the Court
8. Magisterial jurisdiction on changes of districts
9. Execution of process issued before such changes
10. Administration of oaths
11. Appeal from a district Court
12. Fixing of times and places for sittings of the Court
13. Nature of business at any sitting
14. Adjournment of the Court
15. Adjournment over holiday, etc.
16. Change of place of hearing of case
17. Preservation of order at sitting of the Court
18. Punishment of person guilty of misconduct before the Court
19. Practice in criminal jurisdiction
20. Practice in civil jurisdiction
21. Completion by a magistrate of process begun by his or her predecessor
22. Process of any magistrate valid throughout Saint Lucia
23. Issue of process
24. Assignment of magistrate
25. Salary of magistrate
26. Other offices held by magistrate
27. Assignment of magistrate from one district to another
28. Assignment of magistrate to exercise another magistrate's Jurisdiction
29. Appointment of deputy magistrate in certain cases
30. Appointment of assistant magistrate in cases of necessity
31. Protection from proceedings
32. Protection of Justices
33. Appointment of Justices
34. Powers, functions, etc. of Justice
35. Extent of jurisdiction of Justice
36. Assignment of Clerks and Assistant Clerks
37. Salaries of Clerks and Assistant Clerks
38. Other office held by Clerk and Assistant Clerk
39. Assignment of Clerk from one Court to another
40. Control of Clerk and Assistant Clerks
41. Duties of Clerk
42. Power of Clerk in absence of magistrate
44. Accounting of Clerk
45. Interpreters
46. Assignment of Bailiffs
47. Salary of Bailiff
48. Other Office held by Bailiff
49. Duties of Bailiff
50. Sanction for misconduct or neglect of duty
51. Fixing of scale of fees and docket of costs in the Court
52. Admission to sue or defend in forma pauperis
53. Payment and remission of fees
District Courts (Judicial Districts) Order – Section 3
District Courts (Sittings) Notice – Section 12
District Court (Bordelais Correctional Facility) Notice – Section 12
District Court (Family Court) Notice – Section 12
District Court (Peter & Company Building) Notice – Section 12
District Court Rules (Civil Side) – Section 54
District Court (St. Lucia Civil Service Association Auditorium) Notice – Section 12
District Courts (Tariff of Fees) Rules – Section 51
54. Rules
District Court (Tariff of Costs) Rules – Sections 51 and 54