Magistrate and clerk to be under audit regulations

(1) Every magistrate and every clerk of a court shall be subject to the laws, regulations and orders for keeping, and auditing the public accounts of Belize and for the guidance and control of public officers in charge of or dealing with public moneys now in force or which may hereafter come into force. (2) The magistrate shall examine all books of account kept by the clerk and check all moneys in the clerk’s possession, as often as he may be required to do so by any rules made under this Act, and shall satisfy himself that all moneys received by the clerk have been duly paid over to the Accountant General or the person entitled thereto, and if after examination the magistrate finds that the accounts are correct and that all moneys have been duly accounted for, he shall so certify in the books of account and in default of making the examination, the magistrate shall be responsible for all moneys not duly accounted for by the clerk, or not duly paid over by him to the Accountant General or other person entitled thereto.