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### sec.57 Existing appointments A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, holds an appointment as a magistrate under section 5, including a stipendiary magistrate mentioned in section 54, is taken from the commencement to be appointed as a magistrate under section 5. s 57 ins 2000 No. 58 s 2 sch

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