Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Remote Communities (Justice Initiatives) Amendment Bill 1997 (Qld)

Queensland

ABORIGINAL, TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE INITIATIVES) AMENDMENT BILL 1997

Queensland

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ABORIGINAL, TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES (JUSTICE INITIATIVES) AMENDMENT BILL 1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page 1 Short title 20.6... 4 2 Commencement .... 0.0.6... cece ccc cette eee eens 4 3 Actamended ....... 0... cece cnet tte ees 4 4 Replacement of s 552C (Summary hearing of indictable offence must be by magistrate) ........ 0... eee 4 552C Constitution of Magistrates Court. ..............0 0000s 4 5 Replacement of s 552H (Maximum punishment of indictable offences that are dealt with summarily) .............. 000000 e eee 5 552H Maximum penalty for indictable offences dealt with summarily .. 6 SCHEDULE ......................... 7

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

A BILL FOR

An Act to provide for justices in particular places to have limited power to summarily deal with indictable offences

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Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Remote Communities (Justice Initiatives) Amendment

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Remote Communities (Justice Initiatives) Amendment Act 1997.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Act amended 3. This Act amends the Criminal Code.

Replacement of s 552C (Summary hearing of indictable offence must be by magistrate)

4. Section 552C— omit, insert— 'Constitution of Magistrates Court

"552C.(1) A Magistrates Court that summarily deals with an indictable offence under this chapter must be constituted by—

(a) amagistrate; or

(b) justices appointed under subsection (3) for the place at which the Magistrates Court is being held.

'(2) Jurisdiction of the justices mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is limited to an offence—