SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 48A

SUPREME COURT ACT 1935 - SECT 48A

48A—Jurisdiction of judicial registrar

        (1)         Subject to the regulations, judicial registrars may exercise the jurisdiction of the court as assigned by the Chief Justice or the rules.

        (2)         If the court is constituted of a judicial registrar in criminal proceedings, the court—

            (a)         may not impose a sentence of imprisonment; and

            (b)         if of the opinion that the limitation on its powers imposed under this subsection prevents it from imposing an appropriate sentence—may adjourn the question of sentence for hearing and determination by a judge.