Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 220 - UNLAWFUL FOR MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY, INCLUDING JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON, JUDGES OF THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS, AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE DURING TERM OF OFFICE, ETC.

AN ACT MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY OF THIS STATE, INCLUDING THE JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON, TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR ANY ELECTIVE OFFICE DURING HIS TERM OF OFFICE, AND UNTIL, SIX MONTHS AFTER HE CEASES TO BE A MEMBER THEREOF.

Be it enacted by the Senate and Howe of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any member of the Judiciary of this State, including Justices of the Peace, Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, and Judges of the Municipal Court of the City of Wilmington, to be a candidate for any elective office during his term as a member thereof, and until six months thereafter.

Section 2. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions, or any of the provisions, of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency.

Approved April 1, 1941.