Scope of the Duties of the Clerk of the Courts

• Author: Nadine C. Atkinson-Flowers
• Profession: Attorney-at-Law
• Pages: 4-13

Scope of the Duties of the Clerk of the Courts

Chapter 2

Summary







in trials for indictable offences and in summary offenses, prosecutions for such classes of offences as the

Minister may from time to time direct, the Clerk of the Courts shall (

where a barrister, advocate, or solicitor appears on behalf of the prosecution and cases in which the Director

of Public Prosecutions or someone deputed by him conducts the prosecution, be the oficer to conduct the

prosecutions (



therefore, this must become his mantra.



The Clerk of the Courts in addition to conducting the prosecution in summary cases for such classes of

offenses...shall conduct any particular case irrespectively of the class of offence charged therein, which he



Clerks of the Courts make crucial prosecutorial decisions regarding matters before the court. The importance





Terms ____________________________

Jurisdiction



Custodian of the Records



Duties Regarding Bail

Notes of Evidence to the Court of Appeal

Immunities of the Clerk of the Courts

Broad Administrative Duties

Historical Matters for the Clerk of the Courts

Effecting the Orders of the Judge of the Parish Court

The Future of the Clerk of the Courts

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