[Adopted 1-1-1981 by Ord. No. 80-23-780 as Ch. 35, Art. II, of the 1981 Code]
There is hereby created the office of Public
Defender within the Borough.
The Public Defender shall be an attorney at
law of the State of New Jersey but need not be a resident of the Borough.
The Mayor shall nominate and, with the advice
and consent of the Council, appoint a Public Defender, including the
filling of a vacancy in the office which shall be for the unexpired
term only.
The term of office of the Public Defender shall
be for one year, commencing on January 1 and terminating on December
31 of the same year, and until a successor shall have been appointed
and qualified.
The duties of the Public Defender shall be to
defend all cases within the jurisdiction of the court brought against
indigent defendants in the Municipal Court of the Borough whenever
such defendants are entitled to such representation by law or whenever
such representation is deemed necessary or desirable in the interest
of justice and in the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
In every instance, the Public Defender shall be assigned to each case
by order of the court.
