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Published:Sunday | November 6, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Custos of St Andrew Marigold Harding (right) makes a point to retired Justice Marva McIntosh and Ambassador Stuart Stephenson, facilitators of the seven-week training programme for 105 justices of the peace for St Andrew.
Justices of the peace (JP) listen attentively to the presentations at the final in seven-week training programme for 105 JPs for the parish of St Andrew, held at the Medallion Hall Hotel, St Andrew, on October 26.- photos by Gladstone Taylor/Photographer
Custos of St Andrew Marigold Harding demonstrates the correct way that a woman should sit - ankles crossed, knees together.
Ann-Marie Grant, one of the new justices of the peace, shows the rest of her colleagues how to correctly walk to your seat in a room.
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More than 100 justices of the peace completed their training on Wednesday, October 26 at the Medallion Hall Hotel in St Andrew. They will serve the parish and partially alleviate the need for more JPs that has existed for some time.

Conducted by retired Judge Marva McIntosh, Justice Karl Harrison and Ambassador Stuart Stephenson, the training covered topics including appointment and code of conduct, oaths and affirmations, the amended chapter three of Constitution of Jamaica; the Bail Act, duties of a justice of the peace, and more.

The final session was conducted by Custos of St Andrew Marigold Harding and the chief of state protocol in the Office of the Prime Minister, Elixir Cherokee. It was a very interactive and informative session with Harding taking the group through topics such as basic table manners, recognition and use of utensils at a formal place setting, civility, etiquette, good behaviour, dress code and fine dining. Mrs Cherokee gave the new justices of the peace vital information about protocol and order of precedence.

Participants received a copy of the booklet titled Role and Duties of the Justice of the Peace in a Nutshell, compiled by Justice Harrison. The new JPs will be commissioned into service at their swearing-in ceremony scheduled for December 4.