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Qualification of officers.
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12. No person shall be appointed to be Clerk of the Crown and Peace unless he shall be a practising solicitor of six years standing, or unless he shall at the time of the passing of this Act hold, or shall have heretofore held, the office of Clerk of the Crown or Clerk of the Peace, or Deputy Clerk of the Crown or Deputy Clerk of the Peace, and the Lord Chancellor shall certify that he is competent to discharge the duties of Clerk of the Crown and Peace: Provided that any solicitor who may be appointed to the office of temporary Clerk of the Crown, or temporary Clerk of the Peace, or temporary Registrar or Registrar, or who shall act or have acted as deputy to any Clerk of the Crown or Clerk of the Peace, shall be deemed to have been a practising solicitor during such time as he shall have held such office or acted as such deputy.
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