Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A justice of the peace must not demand, take or accept from any person any fee, gratuity, patronage or reward for carrying out the duties of a justice of the peace.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a bail justice must not demand, take or accept from any person any fee, gratuity, patronage or reward for carrying out the duties of a bail justice.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to—
(a) an honorarium or allowances paid by the State to a bail justice in relation to his or her activities as a bail justice; or
(b) in the case of a person referred to in section 18 who is a bail justice by virtue of holding a prescribed office—the remuneration paid to the person in respect of the prescribed office.
(4) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), it is immaterial whether the fee, gratuity patronage or reward is paid to the justice of the peace or bail justice or to another person or whether the justice of the peace or bail justice personally benefits from the fee, gratuity, patronage or reward.
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PART 8—GENERAL