South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (COURTS EFFICIENCY REFORMS) ACT 2012 (NO 43 OF 2012) - SECT 38

38—Amendment of section 105—Procedure at preliminary examination

        (1)         Section 105(1)(a)—delete "will commit the defendant to a superior Court for sentence;" and substitute:

may, subject to section 108(1)—

                  (i)         determine and impose sentence on the defendant (in the same way as for a charge of a summary offence); or

                  (ii)         commit the defendant to a superior Court for sentence;

        (2)         Section 105(2)(c)(i)—delete "the defendant will be committed to a superior Court for sentence;" and substitute:

the Court may, subject to section 108(1)—

                        (A)         determine and impose sentence on the defendant (in the same way as for a charge of a summary offence); or

                        (B)         commit the defendant to a superior Court for sentence;

        (3)         Section 105(4a)—delete "However, in" and substitute:

In