CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 114
Transfer of proceedings
CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 114
Transfer of proceedings
114 Transfer of proceedings
(1) If a magistrate constituting the Childrens Court is of the opinion a
proceeding before the magistrate should be heard by the court constituted by a
magistrate at another place, the magistrate may order that the proceeding be
transferred to the court constituted by a magistrate at the other place.
(2)
A magistrate may act under subsection (1) on the magistrate’s own initiative
or on the application of a party to the proceeding.