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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 1--Chief Magistrate

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

Division 2--Minor civil actions

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

Division 2--Appeals from Criminal Division of Court

  • 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:

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