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MAGISTRATES COURT (CRIMINAL AND GENERAL DIVISION) (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2019 (NO. 44 OF 2019) - SECT 31

Section 5 amended (Meaning of "court")
Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:
(a) by omitting from subsection (1) "a court of summary jurisdiction within the meaning of the Justices Act 1959 ." and substituting "the Magistrates Court (Criminal and General Division)." ;
(b) by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:
(2)  The court when constituted by one or more bench justices, within the meaning of the Magistrates Court (Criminal and General Division) Act 2019 , may only exercise jurisdiction in relation to a proceeding under this Act –
(a) in accordance with section 11 of that Act; or
(b) if the rules of court referred to in section 162 of that Act prescribe that one or more such bench justices may exercise jurisdiction in relation to that proceeding.



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