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J-1 - Judges Disqualification Removal Act

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Repealed on 1 September 2011
CHAPTER J-1
Judges Disqualification Removal Act
Repealed: R.S.N.B. 2011, Schedule A
Conflict of interests
1In any suit, proceeding, cause, matter or thing, in or to which a county, parish, city, city corporation, municipal corporation, or other local authority or division is a party or in any way interested, affected or concerned, it shall not be alleged, taken or held, that any Judge of The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick or the Court of Appeal is disabled or disqualified from hearing or determining the same from any interest or supposed interest in the event of the same for or by reason of such Judge being
(a) a freeman or inhabitant of any such county, parish, city, district, or division; or
(b) a holder in his own right or as trustee of any bond, debenture, or security for the payment of money issued by any such county, parish, city, city corporation, municipal corporation, or local authority or division; or
(c) a ratepayer of any such county, parish, city, district, or division, whether upon real or personal property, or income or otherwise; or
(d) a holder of any property, real or personal, that might be taxed or rated to meet any assessment, damages, costs, or charges to which any such county, parish, city, city corporation, municipal corporation, or local authority or division, might be subjected or put for or by reason of the suit, proceeding, cause, matter, or thing as aforesaid.
R.S., c.119, s.1; 1979, c.41, s.70
N.B. This Act is consolidated to September 1, 2011.