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THE MAGISTRATES' COURT (LAGOS) ORDINANCE, 1955 ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS AND SECTIONS PART I-PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation. PART II-ESTABLISHMENT OF A MAGISTRATES• COURT AND OFFICERS THEREOF 3. Establishment. 4. Appointment of magistrates. 5. General jurisdiction. 6. Justice of the peace ex-officio. 7. Duties o( a chief magistrate. 8. • • Procedure when magistrate personally interested in case before him. 9. Appointment and removal of justices of the peace. 10. Powers and functions of justices ofl the peace. II. Governor-General may confer powers of a magist…