Court’s sittings in Belize Judicial District

(1) The sittings of the courts in the Belize Judicial District shall be held every day not being a Saturday, Sunday or a public or bank holiday as defined by the Holidays Act, and the Magistrate of the Belize Judicial District shall attend for the purpose from nine o’clock in the morning to five o’clock in the CAP. 289. 20 afternoon of each day from Monday to Thursday and four- thirty o’clock in the afternoon on Friday. (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent the Magistrate from ceasing his attendance in court during any luncheon interval or before the closing hours mentioned in sub-section (1), in the afternoon of any day if the business of the court has been disposed of before that time.