[Ord. No. 566 § 1]
A Municipal Court for the Borough of Tenafly, County of Bergen
and State of New Jersey, is established, as of January 1st, 1949,
pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1948, Chapter 264 as amended and
supplemented.
[Ord. No. 566 § 2]
The name of the Court shall be the "Municipal Court of the Borough
of Tenafly."
[Ord. No. 566 § 3]
The Municipal Court shall have a seal which shall bear the impress
of the name of the Court.
[Ord. No. 566 § 4]
There shall be a Judge of the Municipal Court, who shall be
appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Borough
Council, and who shall serve for a term of three years from the date
of his appointment and until his successor is appointed and qualified.
[Ord. No. 566 § 6]
The Municipal Court and the Judge thereof shall have, possess
and exercise all the functions, powers, duties and jurisdiction conferred
by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 2B:12-7 and N.J.S.A. 2B:12-16 et seq.,
or by Chapter 264 of the Laws of 1948, as amended and supplemented,
or by any other law.
[Ord. No. 566 § 7]
There shall be a Court Administrator who shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Borough Council, and
who shall serve for a term of one year from the date of his appointment
and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall perform
such functions and duties as shall be prescribed for him by law, the
rules applicable to Municipal Courts, and by the Judge of the Municipal
Court. In the event the Court Administrator is temporarily absent,
the Judge may designate someone to act in his place during such temporary
absence.
[Ord. No. 566 § 9; Ord. No. 651 § 1]
The Municipal Court shall be held in the Borough Hall of the
Borough of Tenafly, and the sessions of the Court shall be held on
such days and at such time as may be fixed and determined in the manner
prescribed by the rules adopted by the Supreme Court of New Jersey
governing the practice and procedure in Municipal Courts.
