“Public officer” defined

(1) “Public officer” means any person holding any of the following offices, or performing the duties thereof whether as a deputy or otherwise, namely– (a) any civil office, including the office of Governor-General of Belize, the power of appointing a person to which or of removing a person from which is vested in Her Majesty, or in the Governor-General of Belize, or in any public commission or board; (b) any office to which a person is nominated or appointed by statute or by public election; 165 (c) any civil any commissionerships, the power of appointing to which or of removing from which is vested in any person or persons holding public office of any kind included in either paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection; (d) any office of arbitrator or umpire in any proceeding or matter submitted to arbitration by order or with the sanction of any court; (e) any justice of the peace. (2) A person acting as a minister of religion or ecclesiastical officer of whatever denomination is a public officer in so far as he performs functions in respect of the notification of intended marriage, or in respect of solemnisation of marriage, or in respect of the making or keeping of any register or certificate of marriage, birth, baptism, death or burial, but not in any other respect. (3) “Civil office” means any public office other than an office in the Naval, Military or Air Force Service of Her (4) “Judicial officer” means any person executing judicial functions as a public officer. (5) “Public office” means the office of any public officer. (6) It is immaterial for the purposes of this section whether a person is or is not entitled to any salary or other remuneration in respect to the duties of his office. (7) “Public election” means any election the qualification for voting at which, or the mode of voting at which, is determined by or regulated by law. 166