Judges and justices not to be disqualified by liability to rates

A judge or magistrate of any court or a justice of the peace shall not be disqualified from acting in cases arising under this Act by reason only of his being as one of several ratepayers or as one of any other class of persons liable in common with the others to contribute to or be benefited by any rate or fund out of which any expenses of a licensee are to be defrayed. etc.