South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (COURTS EFFICIENCY REFORMS) ACT 2012 (NO 43 OF 2012) - SECT 14

14—Amendment of section 19—Limitations on sentencing powers of Magistrates Court

        (1)         Section 19(3)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:

            (a)         a sentence of imprisonment that exceeds—

                  (i)         if the penalty is for 1 offence—5 years; and

                  (ii)         if the penalty is for more than 1 offence—10 years; or

        (2)         Section 19(4)—delete "a minor indictable" and substitute:

an indictable

        (3)         Section 19(5)—delete "the District Court" and substitute:

a superior court