WE humbly bring to your esteemed attention the following points in relation to the compulsory registration of all JPs  & COAs with the Association. We are also asking for your help and guidance in these matters. The mains point is the compulsory registration of all JPs & COAs with the Justice of Peace and Commissioner of Oaths to Affidavits Association. There are approximately 500 JPs and COAs in Guyana and only about 50 are members of the Association

Personally, I have been trying for the last 3 years to mobilize all JPs & COAs countrywide to join the Association, but was only partially successful.

We are having problems in getting the JPs & COAs to produce their instruments of Appointment. Some were appointed during the last Administration, by former President Forbes Burnham, Mr. Hoyte, by the Queen in England and former President Arthur Chung. Persons were made JPs only and have been using Rubber Stamps with the titles JP & COA and functioning in both capacities, which is illegal.

There is no oversight body to regulate the actions, activities and functions of JPs and COAs in the country. We would like to help in this instance.

Future appointees (JP & COA) should be directed to join the Association as part of the regulations governing the issuance of their commissions.

Sir, in the interest of JPs being capable of serving their community better we appeal to you with all due respect, please intervene to make it mandatory for all JPs & COAs in the country to become registered members of the Association and to produce their letters of appointment/commission. It is clearly understood that persons are appointed by the President of Guyana as JP’s or COA’s, but if you have not taken the oath of office in front of a Magistrate/Judge, the appointment would not be proper or legal.

In order to regularise this aspect, we are humbly asking that you make it compulsory for all JPs & COAs to be members of the Association so that they could be vetted for authenticity and to be monitored in their functioning.

It’s and honour to help in any way possible to ensure that all JPs & COAs are gazetted in accordance with the JP Act. Essentially we are trying to update the current JP & COA lists to ensure the correct appointments in accordance with their instruments of appointments/commissions and also to ensure better control and accountability of all JPs & COAs within this country’s jurisdiction.

Sir, at this point we appeal to you for any suggestions you may have for us in the interest of the development and progress of the Association.