(1)  A magistrate appointed under the Magistrates Court Act 1987 must, as soon as practicable after being appointed, take and subscribe the judicial oath.

(2)  The judicial oath to be taken under subsection (1) by a magistrate is to be –

(a) tendered to the magistrate by –

(i) the Chief Magistrate within the meaning of the Magistrates Court Act 1987 ; or

(ii) if there is no Chief Magistrate or the person to whom the oath is to be tendered is the Chief Magistrate – the Chief Justice; or

(iii) if there is no Chief Magistrate or the person to whom the oath is to be tendered is the Chief Magistrate, and there is no Chief Justice – the Governor; and

(b) taken, and subscribed, by the magistrate in the presence of the person who tendered the oath.

(3)  A person before whom an oath is subscribed in accordance with subsection (2) must, as soon as practicable, forward it to the Registrar of the Supreme Court to be recorded in the Supreme Court.

(4)  If a magistrate declines or neglects to take and subscribe the judicial oath tendered to him or her under subsection (2) , his or her office is vacated.