The New Amsterdam Magistrate Court has returned to its original location at Vryheid Street, after being relocated to Main and King Streets, for just over two years.

The building which was closed for business since August 31, 2010, pending rehabilitation exercises, was opened for business on Monday.
The edifice which houses two court rooms, a holding area, along with offices where bail, fines and affiliation fees are paid, was initially devoid of major corrective works.
Apart from being more spacious that its temporary location, conditioning units are now installed in the building.
During August 2010, in a notice affixed on the building and signed by Carl Singh, Chancellor of the Judiciary [ag] stated, that due to rehabilitation works to be effected on the building, the business of the Magistrate Court office, and all sittings of the Magistrate Courts will be conducted at Lot 3 Main and King Streets, until further notice.
The closure took effect on August 30.
On December 11, 2006, a woman attending the New Amsterdam Magistrate Court was left suspended on the corridor, which is on the northern side of the building, after the rotting flooring broke under her weight.
Dolly Alexander of Angoy’s Avenue, on the eastern fringes of the township had gone to the court, in the interest of her son who is a defendant in a criminal matter.
She along with others, were standing on its original location after the walkway, where, as customary they would listen for their names to be called by the Court Orderly.
However, whilst waiting, the woman walked unknowingly on the rotting boards, and was suspended for moments before being assisted by a police rank.
On July 17, 2009, Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid Edmond, then presiding in Berbice jurisdiction, was hit by falling debris from a rotting ceiling in her chambers.
The magistrate was on her way to the washroom facilities, when the fragments of what is suspected to be an asbestos ceiling, fell on her head and clothing.
Almost immediately she reacted with coughs and burning sensations to her eyes.
The now retired police prosecutor, Inspector Satrohan Dayaram, when called to the chamber, he complained of burning to his throat and nose.