[Adopted 3-13-1978 by Ord.
No. 78-3 as Art. II of Ch. 18 of the 1977 Code]
There shall be appointed in the Township of Pennsauken, in the County
of Camden, New Jersey, a Municipal Court Prosecutor who shall be an attorney
at law duly licensed to practice in the State of New Jersey and in good standing.
Said Municipal Court Prosecutor shall be appointed by resolution of
the Township Committee and shall hold office or employment from the date of
appointment to December 31, inclusive, of the year in which he or she shall
be appointed, unless otherwise provided in said resolution. In no case, however,
shall the term of office extend beyond the period commencing on January 1
of the year of appointment and ending on December 31 of said year.
Said Municipal Court Prosecutor shall receive such compensation as shall
be provided by ordinance.[1]
Subject to the provisions of the Rules Governing the Courts of the State
of New Jersey, as the same may be hereafter revised, amended or supplemented,
and subject also to the provisions of all statutory law which shall be inconsistent
herewith, such Municipal Court Prosecutor shall appear in the Municipal Court
of the Township of Pennsauken on behalf of the state or of said Township and
shall conduct the prosecution of all criminal business.
Nothing in this article shall prevent or preclude the Township Attorney
of the Township of Pennsauken from appearing in said Municipal Court of the
Township of Pennsauken for the purpose of conducting any prosecution, as aforesaid,
in which event said Township Attorney shall supplant such Municipal Court
Prosecutor for the purpose of said prosecution.
