Section 19: “Judge”

The word “Judge” denotes not only every person who is officially designated as a Judge, but also every person,– who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding, civil or criminal, a definitive judgment, or a judgment which, if not appealed against, would be definitive, or a judgment which, if confirmed by some other authority, would be definitive, or who is one of a body of persons, which body of persons is empowered by law to give such a judgment. Illustrations (a) [* * * * * * *] (b) A Magistrate exercising jurisdiction in respect of a charge on which he has power to sentence to fine or imprisonment with or without appeal, is a Judge. (c) [* * * * * * *] (d) [* * * * * * *]

Effective date: 1862-01-01

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