South Australian Consolidated Acts

YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 22

22—Power to sentence

        (1)         Subject to this Division, the Court has the same powers to sentence a youth for an offence—

            (a)         if the offence is a summary offence—as the Magistrates Court; or

            (b)         if the offence is an indictable offence—as the District Court.

        (2)         Any powers conferred on a Minister of the Crown by the Criminal Law (Sentencing) Act 1988 are exercisable, in relation to a youth or a sentence imposed on a youth, by a Minister assigned by the Governor to exercise such powers in relation to youths.