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Inferior Courts
Cap. 94 · Revised Edition 2020 · 88 sections
- s. 1Short title
- s. 2Interpretation
- s. 3Belize judicial districts
- s. 4Jurisdiction at ports of entry
- s. 5Summary jurisdiction courts
- s. 6District courts
- s. 7Appointment of magistrates
- s. 8Magistrates for judicial district
- s. 9Mobile magistrates
- s. 10Presiding officer of the courts
- s. 11Residence of magistrate
- s. 12Salary of magistrate
- s. 13Transfer of magistrate from one judicial district to another
- s. 14Appointment of special magistrate in certain cases
- s. 15Temporary absence of magistrate
- s. 16Repealed
- s. 17Repealed
- s. 18Repealed
- s. 19Repealed
- s. 20Repealed
- s. 21Repealed
- s. 22Appointment of clerk and assistant clerk
- s. 23Salaries
- s. 24Transfer from one court to another
- s. 25Control of clerk and assistant clerk
- s. 26Duties
- s. 27Accounts of clerk
- s. 28Duties of assistant clerk
- s. 29Appointment of bailiff
- s. 30Appointment of bailiffs by city councils
- s. 31Council bailiff
- s. 32Bailiffs of certain departments
- s. 33Powers and duties of certain bailiffs
- s. 34Bailiff to be special constable
- s. 35Salary and allowances
- s. 36Duties
- s. 37Accounting by bailiff
- s. 38Damages against bailiff
- s. 39Fining bailiff for misconduct or neglect of duty
- s. 40Assault on bailiff in execution of duty
- s. 41General court’s sittings
- s. 42Court’s sittings in Belize Judicial District
- s. 43Adjournment of the court
- s. 44Adjournment over holiday
- s. 45Change of place of hearing
- s. 46Preservation of order at sittings of the courts
- s. 47Punishment for contempt of the court
- s. 48Summary procedure
- s. 49Preliminary inquiry procedure
- s. 50Civil procedure
- s. 51Interpleader procedure
- s. 52Completion by magistrate of process begun by his predecessor
- s. 53Process of magistrate valid throughout Belize
- s. 54Duty of police officers to obey magistrate
- s. 55Cases decided in summary jurisdiction courts
- s. 56Judge may order case to be stated
- s. 57Bail pending decision of Supreme Court
- s. 58Proceedings by or against officer of the courts
- s. 59Administration of oaths
- s. 60Fees and costs
- s. 61Manner of payment of fees and costs
- s. 62Fees on affidavits of service
- s. 63Prepayment of fees and costs
- s. 64Magistrate and clerk to be under audit regulations
- s. 65Unclaimed suitors’ moneys
- s. 66Rules of court
- s. 67Interpretation in this Part
- s. 68Declaration of alcalde districts
- s. 69Establishment of Alcalde Courts
- s. 70Nature of the civil jurisdiction
- s. 71Common law principles
- s. 72Appeals
- s. 73Nature of the criminal jurisdiction
- s. 74Criminal procedure and practice
- s. 75Appointment of alcalde and deputy alcalde
- s. 76Payment of judgment by installments, etc
- s. 77Execution of civil judgments
- s. 78Imprisonment for debt where means proved
- s. 79Person imprisoned for debt to labour
- s. 80Discharge after satisfaction of debt
- s. 81Requiring attendance of witness
- s. 82Oath of witness
- s. 83Alcalde’s minute book
- s. 84Accounting for fines, etc
- s. 85Treatment of serious offences
- s. 86Place of imprisonment
- s. 87Power to make rules
- s. 88Additional duties of alcalde