JUSTICES ACT 1959
JUSTICES ACT 1959
- Act 77 of 1959
- Royal Assent 23 December 1959
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART I - Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement
2. Repeals
3. Interpretation
PART II -
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4. Section 4
4A. Section 4A
4B. Section 4B
4C. Section 4C
5. Section 5
6. Section 6
7. Section 7
8. Section 8
9. Section 9
10. Section 10
PART III -
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11. Section 11
12. Section 12
13. Section 13
14. Section 14
15. Section 15
PART IV - Clerks
16. Chief Clerk of Petty Sessions
16A. Appointment of clerks, &c., of petty sessions
17. Clerks of petty sessions
17A. Clerk of petty sessions to have care and custody of records of
court
18. Deputy clerks of petty sessions, &c.
19. Magistrate may discharge duties of the clerk of petty sessions
19A. Section 19A
PART V - Jurisdiction
20. Hearing of complaints
21. Decision of 2 or more justices
22. Powers of magistrates
23. Powers of single justice
23A. Time and place of sitting, &c., unrestricted
23AB. Approval and roster of justices who may constitute courts of summary
jurisdiction, &c.
24. Summons or warrant not avoided by death, &c., of justice
25. Contempt
PART VI - General Procedure
26. Limitation on summary proceedings
27. Proceedings may be commenced by complaint
28. Complaint against several defendants
29. Only one matter of complaint: Procedure if otherwise
30. Statement of offences, &c.
31. Irregularities and amendments
32. Process on complaint
33. Apprehension of person summoned
34. Power of police officers, &c., to admit to bail
34A. Procedure on arrest
35. Power of justice to admit person to bail
36. Section 36
36A. Section 36A
36B. Section 36B
37. Admission to courts of summary jurisdiction
37A. Publication of accounts of certain proceedings
38. Representation of parties by counsel, &c.
39. Evidence: How taken
39A. Appearance via audio or audio visual link
40. Prosecutor or complainant a competent witness
41. Justice may summon witnesses to attend and give evidence
42. Failure of witness to attend
43. Witness not answering
44. Production of documents before justices
45. Expenses of witnesses
46. Discharge of witness on recognizance
47. Place of committal when defendant on remand
48. Recognizances
49. Issue of warrant for non-appearance
50. Commitment
50A. Justices' record
50B. Adjournment of proceedings
50C. Power to remand in certain cases
50D. Vexatious litigants
50E. Chief Clerk of Petty Sessions may make application under Vexatious
Proceedings Act 2011
PART VII - Proceedings on Indictable Offences Division 1 -
Proceedings where indictment filed
51. Certificate where indictment filed
52. Summons or warrant may be issued against person indicted
53. Committal
54. Detainer of prisoner in gaol
Division 2 - Examination and committal
55. Procedure when brought before justices
56. Duties during adjournment
56A. Section 56A
57. Duty to provide further witness statements and summary of facts
57A. Section 57A
58. Second appearance before justices for indictable offence: election and
plea
59. Entering plea and making election
60. Committal of defendant to Supreme Court
Division 3 - Preliminary proceedings
61. Interpretation
62. Preliminary proceedings orders
63. Proceedings on preliminary proceedings order generally
64. Preliminary proceedings to be in closed court
65. Affected persons at preliminary proceedings
66. Attendance of defendant and witnesses and production of documents
67. Guidance on preliminary proceedings
68. Conclusion of preliminary proceedings
69. Defendant may be committed to Supreme Court
69A. Prohibition on publishing preliminary proceedings
Division 4 - Miscellaneous
70. Adjournment of proceedings
70A. Ancillary orders
PART VIII - Crimes Triable Summarily
71. Petty crimes triable summarily
72. Other crimes triable summarily
72A. Attempts triable summarily
72AB. Perverting the course of justice triable summarily
72B. Hearings under this Part
72C. Limitation excluded
PART IX - Proceedings in Case of Simple Offences and Breaches of
Duty
72D. Summons and complaint evidence in certain cases
73. Accessories
74. Attempts
74A. Procedure where defendant not represented
74B. Procedure on adjournment
74BA. Discharge after conviction
74C. Section 74C
74D. Section 74D
75. Section 75
76. Section 76
76A. Section 76A
77. Costs
77A. Amount of costs
78. Section 78
79. Section 79
80. Section 80
81. Section 81
82. Section 82
83. Section 83
84. Section 84
85. Section 85
85A. Section 85A
86. Section 86
87. Commitment in other cases
88. Section 88
89. Section 89
90. Section 90
91. Section 91
92. Section 92
92A. Section 92A
92B. Section 92B
92C. Section 92C
PART X - Surety of the Peace
93. Power to require surety
94. How application for surety of the peace is to be made
95. How application is to be heard
96. Complaint to be dismissed if preferred from malice only and without
just cause of fear
97. If complaint reasonable defendant to be required to give security
98. Power of justice to order defendant to pay costs
99. Power of justice to commit defendant until he enters into the
required recognizance
100. Right of complainant to require defendant to be bound over to keep
the peace
101. Power to require convicted persons to give sureties of the peace in
addition to or in lieu of punishment
102. Power of justices, upon sufficient cause, to require persons to give
sureties of the peace where no complaint is made
103. Power to release persons imprisoned in default of finding sureties
if complainant dies
104. Recognizances not to be discharged by release from complainant
105. How recognizances of the peace may be forfeited
106. Execution of forfeiture
PART XA - Restraint Orders
106A. Interpretation of Part XA
106B. Restraint orders
106BA. Powers of justices to make family violence orders after restraint
order applications made
106C. Issue of warrants in respect of applications for restraint orders
106D. Interim restraint orders
106DA. Telephone interim restraint orders
106E. Procedure in relation to hearing and determining applications under
this Part
106EA. When order takes effect
106F. Powers of justices to remand in custody, admit to bail, &c.
106G. Variation, extension, and revocation of restraint orders
106GA. Application for registration of external restraint order
106GB. Registration of external restraint order
106GC. Effect of registration of external restraint order
106GD. Variation, &c., of registered external restraint order
106GE. Access order prevails if inconsistency
106H. Costs
106I. Contravention of restraint order, &c.
106J. Power of justices to make orders under this Part at hearing of
complaint for offence
106K. Restriction of publication of names of parties, &c.
106L. Power of police to enter certain premises
106M. Rules for purposes of Part XA
106N. Forms of application, restraint order, &c.
PART XI - Motions to Review, Appeals, and Similar Proceedings
Division 1 - Motions to review to the Supreme Court and hearings
de novo
107. Summary mode of reviewing decisions of justices
108. Applicant limited to grounds to be stated in notice to review
109. Interlocutory proceedings
110. Powers of Supreme Court
111. Hearings de novo
112. Right of justices to show cause
113. Affidavits
Division 2 - Appeals to, and review by, magistrates
113A. Alternative appeals in certain cases
113B. Review by magistrate
Division 3 - Stated case
114. Right of justices to state case
Division 4 - Rule to show cause
115. Rule to show cause and order thereon
Division 5 - General provisions
116. Interpretation
117. Limitation of this Part
117A. Applications to justices for relief
118. Proceedings not to be quashed for want of form
119. Amendment of convictions, &c.
120. Want of complaint or summons
121. Distribution of penalty
121A. Section 121A
122. Power of court or judge to admit to bail
123. Appeals to Full Court
123A. Bail where appeal to Full Court
124. Rules of court
125. Costs on appeal
Division 6 -
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125A. Section 125A
125B. Section 125B
125C. Section 125C
125D. Section 125D
PART XII - Protection of Justices in the Execution of Their Office
126. Action for act done within jurisdiction as a justice
127. Action for act done without or in excess of jurisdiction
128. No action maintainable for exercise of discretion, &c.
129. Setting aside of proceedings when prohibited action brought
130. Notice of action
131. Where action may be brought
132. Where plaintiff does not recover damages beyond amount tendered,
judgment to be for defendant
133. Damages
134. Costs
PART XIII - Miscellaneous
135. Warrant not to be void for form only
136. Protection of defective or irregular execution
136A. Recording of depositions and proceedings
137. Fees
138. Power to order delivery of possession of goods in custody of police
officer
139. Prisoner to be present for statement under Evidence Act 2001
140. Section 140
140A. Section 140A
140B. Section 140B
141. Payment of fees
142. Accounts to be kept
143. Appropriation of penalties and fees
143A. Savings provisions
144. Rules of court
145. Regulations
146. Transitional provision: rules and regulations
147. Transitional provisions consequent on Justices Amendment Act 2007
SCHEDULE 1
SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
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