42Effect of Act of Settlement on existing justices of the peaceE+W
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Nothing in section 3 of the Act of Settlement (1700 c. 2) (certain persons born outside the United Kingdom) invalidates—
(a)any appointment, whether made before or after the passing of this Act, of a justice of the peace, or
(b)any act done by virtue of such an appointment.