Indictable Offences Act, 1848

Chief magistrate of Bow Street may be a justice for Berks.

31. The chief magistrate of the metropolitan police court at Bow Street for the time being shall be a justice of the peace of and for the county of Berks, if his name be inserted in the commission of the peace for that county, without possessing the qualification by estate required by law in that behalf, and without taking any oath of qualification.