MAGISTRATES COURT ACT 1991
Table of Provisions
PART 1--Preliminary
- 1 Short title
- 3 Interpretation
PART 2--Magistrates Court of South Australia
Division 1--Establishment of Court
Division 2--Structure and constitution of Court
Subdivision 1--Divisions and constitution of Court
- 7 Divisions of Court
- 7A Constitution of Court
Subdivision 2--Provisions relating to Judicial Registrars
- 7AB Appointment and conditions of Judicial Registrars
- 7AC Judicial Registrar ceasing to hold office and suspension
Subdivision 3--Assessors and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and Respected Persons etc
- 7B Assessors
- 7C Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders and Respected Persons etc
Division 3--Jurisdiction of Court
PART 3--Administration of Court
Division 2--The Court's administrative and ancillary staff
- 12 Administrative and ancillary staff
- 13 Principal Registrar
- 14 Responsibilities of non-judicial staff
- 14A Sitting or acting outside State
Division 3--Sittings and distribution of business
- 15 Exercise of procedural and administrative powers of Court
- 16 Time and place of sittings
- 17 Adjournment from time to time and place to place
- 18 Sittings in open court
- 19 Transfer of proceedings between courts
PART 4--Evidentiary powers
- 20 Power to require attendance of witnesses and production of evidentiary material
- 21 Power of Court to compel the giving of evidence
- 22 Entry and inspection of property
- 23 Production of persons held in custody
- 24 Issue of evidentiary summonses
PART 5--Special provisions as to Court's civil jurisdiction
Division 1--General
- 25 Interim injunctions etc
- 26 Restraining orders
- 27 Mediation and conciliation
- 28 Trial of issues by arbitrator
- 29 Expert reports
- 30 Law and equity
- 31 Alternative forms of relief
- 32 Declaratory judgments
- 33 Interim awards of damages
- 33A Consent orders for structured settlements
- 34 Pre-judgment interest
- 35 Interest on judgment debts
- 36 Payment to child
- 37 Costs
PART 6--Appeals and reservation of questions of law
Division 1--Appeals from Civil Division of Court
- 40 Right of appeal
- 41 Reservation of questions of law
- 42 Appeals
- 43 Reservation of questions of law
- 43A Second or subsequent appeals
PART 7--Miscellaneous
- 44 Immunities
- 45 Contempt in face of Court
- 46 Punishment of contempts
- 47 Custody of litigant's funds and securities
- 48 Miscellaneous provisions relating to legal process
- 48A Service
- 48B Certain trials of sexual offences to be given priority
- 49 Rules of Court
- 50 Court fees
- 51 Accessibility to Court records
Legislative history
Appendix--Divisional penalties and expiation fees
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows: