Victorian Current Acts

HONORARY JUSTICES ACT 2014 - SECT 42

    (1)     A person's permission to use the title "JP (Retired)" or "BJ (Retired)" ceases on—

        (a)     the Attorney-General being notified in writing by the person that the person no longer wishes to use the title; or

        (b)     the person becoming an insolvent under administration.

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), permission to use the title "JP (Retired)" or "BJ (Retired)" granted under section 40 may be revoked by the Attorney-General on one or more of the following grounds—

        (a)     the person has been convicted or found guilty of—

              (i)     an offence punishable by a term of imprisonment of 6 months or more; or

              (ii)     an offence that, if committed in Victoria, would constitute an offence referred to in subparagraph (i);

        (b)     the person's use of the title or other behaviour is such that the continued use of the title by the person could bring the office of justice of the peace or bail justice (as the case may be) into disrepute;

        (c)     any prescribed ground.

    (3)     The Attorney-General must not revoke the permission of a person to use the title "JP (Retired)" or "BJ (Retired)" (as the case may be) unless an investigator appointed by the Secretary to investigate the conduct of the person has found that facts exist which could constitute grounds for revoking the permission.

    (4)     Section 32, with the necessary changes, applies to an investigation conducted by an investigator appointed under subsection (3).

Part 7—Offences