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The post was formally known as Justice of the Peace and Un-Official Police Magistrate (JP UPM) when the magistrate courts were known as police magistrate courts. Under the Ordinance No. 16 on 1865 section 28 , unofficial magistrates had powers to appoint persons to the special police reserve , where requested to do by a Superintendent of Police ...
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This category is for justices of the peace in the United States which are judicial officers. In some states, such as Texas , Kentucky , and Arkansas a "justice of the peace" is a legislative office equivalent to a county commissioner , not a judicial office.
The title justice of the peace derives from 1361, [3] in the reign of Edward III. The "peace" to be guarded is the sovereign's, the maintenance of which is the duty of the Crown under the royal prerogative. Justices of the peace still use the power conferred or re-conferred on them since 1361 to bind over unruly persons "to be of good behaviour ...
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A legally qualified person can become a justice of the peace, but cannot act in any proceedings in a justice of the peace court within their own sheriffdom. Justices are appointed for a five-year renewable term by the justices of the peace advisory committees for each sheriffdom, acting on the basis of standards set by the Judicial Appointments ...