Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A power conferred on a magistrate by this Division is conferred on the magistrate in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court. The magistrate need not accept the power conferred.
(2) A magistrate exercising such a power has the same protection
and immunity as if he or she were exercising that power as, or as a member of,
the court of which the magistrate is a member.