DISTRICT COURT ACT 1973 - SECT 174
General provisions as to sittings
DISTRICT COURT ACT 1973 - SECT 174
General provisions as to sittings
174 General provisions as to sittings
(1) Subject to this Part--
(a) the Court may sit simultaneously at different
sitting places in its criminal jurisdiction,
(b) a Judge shall preside at
such sittings of the Court in its criminal jurisdiction at such sitting places
as the Chief Judge may from time to time direct, and
(c) two or more Judges
may preside simultaneously at separate sittings of the Court in its criminal
jurisdiction at the one sitting place.
(2) Where a sitting of the Court in
its criminal jurisdiction is to be held and the Judge who is to preside at
that sitting is not present at the time appointed for the sitting to commence,
a registrar may adjourn the sitting to another time.
