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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2B:12-5

Additional municipal judges

Known as the State Judicial Unification Act

The act spans §§ 2B:10-1 to 2B:9-1 (254 sections).

L.1993, c.119, s.1; amended 1996, c.95, s.4.

Additional municipal judges. a. With the written consent of the Assignment Judge of the vicinage, a county or municipality may:

(1) increase the number of judgeships of the municipal court, or

(2) appoint one or more temporary municipal judges.

b. A temporary judge is an additional judge of the municipal court appointed to meet a special need of limited duration. The procedure for appointment of temporary municipal judges shall be the same as that for other municipal judges, but each term of a temporary judge shall not exceed one year.

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