[Adopted 3-28-1991 as Ord. No. 12-91 (Ch. 25, Art. LXXIV, of the 1974 Code)]
There is hereby created the office of Public Defender in the Township of Lacey.
The Public Defender shall be appointed by the Township Committee to serve for a term of one year commencing on January 1 in each calendar year. The Public Defender shall be licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey and shall be responsible for the representation of indigent defendants brought before the Municipal Court in the Township of Lacey on the basis of standards to be established by the Judge of the Municipal Court and shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may be provided by law.