6) After considering the evidence placed before him at the inquiry, the Presiding Officer found Mr Chauke guilty in respect of failing to act at all times in a manner which upholds and promotes the good name, dignity and esteem of the office of a magistrate and the administration of justice. He was acquitted on the other count in that it was duplication. The Presiding Officer postponed the imposition of a sanction for a period of 12 months on certain conditions in terms of regulation 26(17)(a) of the Regulations for Judicial Officers in the Lower Courts, 1994.