Chief Magistrate (Fiji)
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The Chief Magistrate
is a judicial
officer in the government of Fiji, who presides over the Magistrates Courts.
The following persons have held office as Chief Magistrate (this is an incomplete list):
Chief Magistrate
Chief Magistrate is a generic designation for a public official whose office—individual or collegial—is the highest in his or her class, in either of the fundamental meanings of Magistrate : as a major political and administrative office , and/or as a judge Chief Magistrate is a generic designation...
is a judicial
Judiciary
The judiciary is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in the name of the state. The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes...
officer in the government of Fiji, who presides over the Magistrates Courts.
The following persons have held office as Chief Magistrate (this is an incomplete list):
- Sekove NaqiolevuSekove NaqiolevuSekove Naqiolevu is a Fijian lawyer and Solomon Islands judge. Naiqiolevu, a former Chief Magistrate of Fiji, was appointed as a judge of the High Court and Appeal Court of the Solomon Islands on 1 April 2005....
- Sailesi Temo
- Naomi MatanitobuaNaomi MatanitobuaNaomi Matanitobua is a Fijian judge, who took office as Fiji's Chief Magistrate on 14 December 2005, succeeding David Balram. Her term of appointment is for three years.Matanitobua's first application for the position, in 2002, was not successful...