Practising advocate not to sit as Magistrate in certain Courts

An advocate who practises in a Magistrate's Court cannot sit as a Magistrate in that same Court or in any Court within its local jurisdiction. The rule applies whenever the person regularly appears as counsel in that Magistrate's Court. Result: they are barred from acting as Magistrate there or in nearby courts to avoid conflict of interest.

Priya regularly appears as counsel in her local Magistrate's Court. If she is appointed as Magistrate to that same Court or to any Court within its local jurisdiction, she must not sit there; she is disqualified from acting as Magistrate in those courts.