Offices of justice of the peace and prothonotary

Act 120 of 1874, § 4, under COMMONWEALTH OFFICIALS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

Act 120 of 1874, § 4

Section 4. Offices of justice of the peace and prothonotary

No person hereafter elected shall be capable of holding and exercising, at the same time, the office of justice of the peace and that of prothonotary or clerk of any court. 1874, May 15, P.L. 186, Sec. 4.

Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.