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Magistrates' Court Act 1989
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14 Protection of magistrates
(1) A magistrate has, in the performance of his or her duties as a magistrate, the same protection and immunity as a Judge of the Supreme Court has in the performance of his or her duties as a Judge.
S. 14(2) inserted by No. 64/2010 s. 63.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the protection and immunity extends to the conduct of a committal proceeding.