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MAGISTRATES ACT - SECT 18

Powers of Magistrates

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), each Magistrate has jurisdiction, power and authority to do alone whatsoever any one, 2 or more Justices may lawfully do under the Justices Act , or under or by virtue of any Act conferring jurisdiction, power or authority upon Justices.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not authorize a Magistrate to exercise any jurisdiction or to do any act which he or she is, by the express provisions of any Act, authorized to exercise or do only in conjunction with other Justices.

    (3)     Every Stipendiary Magistrate has the jurisdiction and all the powers and functions of a Special Magistrate whether given by or under the Justices Act or by or under any other law in force in the Territory.



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