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COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - SECT 4

Establishment of the County Court

S. 4(1) amended by No. 7705 s. 2, substituted by No. 16/1986 s. 11(3), amended by No. 19/1989 s. 7(b).

    (1)     A court shall be held in and for the State of Victoria styled "The County Court" for the trial of offences and the trial and determination of all appeals, applications, claims, disputes and other proceedings both criminal and civil both at law and in equity as are by this or any other Act enacted to fall into and be within the jurisdiction of the court.

S. 4(1A) inserted by No. 16/1986 s. 11(3), amended by Nos 19/1989 s. 7(c), 24/2008 s. 45(1), 34/2010 s. 29(1).

    (1A)     The court consists of such number of judges as are from time to time appointed as provided by this Act, the associate judges of the court, the judicial registrars of the court and the registrar of the court.


S. 4(1B) inserted by No. 16/1986 s. 11(3), amended by No. 24/2008 s. 45(2).

    (1B)     The court shall be held by and before a judge or, in the case of any matter with respect to which the jurisdiction of the court has been conferred upon an associate judge or a registrar by any Act or by the Rules of Court, by and before a judge, an associate judge or a registrar.

S. 4(1C) inserted by No. 16/1986 s. 11(3), repealed by No. 19/1989 s. 7(d), new s. 4(1C) inserted by No. 34/2010 s. 29(2).

    (1C)     Without limiting subsection (1B), the court may be constituted by a judicial registrar in the case of a proceeding for which provision is made by Rules for—

        (a)     the court to be so constituted; and

        (b)     the delegation to judicial registrars of powers of the court to hear and determine such a matter or proceeding.

S. 4(2) amended by No. 7522 s. 3(1)(a), substituted by No. 19/1989 s. 7(e).

    (2)     Subject to the Rules, the court may sit and act at any time and place.

S. 4(3) inserted by No. 7522 s. 3(1)(b), repealed by No. 19/1989 s. 7(e).

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S. 4AA inserted by No. 43/2020 s. 3.



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