Definitions

As used in the Public Defender Act: A. "chief" means the chief public defender; B. "commission" means the public defender commission; C. "court" means the district, metropolitan and magistrate courts of this state; D. "department" means the public defender department; E. "district" means a public defender district; and F. "judge" means a judge of the district or metropolitan court or a magistrate. History: 1953 Comp., § 41-22A-3, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 156, § 2; 1985, ch. 32, § 1; 2013, ch. 195, § 3.