Victorian Current Acts

COUNTY COURT ACT 1958 - SECT 4D

S. 4D(1) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 35.4).

    (1)     The Koori Court Division has jurisdiction to hear an appeal under section 254 or 257 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 in the circumstances set out in section 4E if the appeal is against the sentence imposed by—

        (a)     the Koori Court Division of the Magistrates' Court; or

        (b)     the Magistrates' Court other than the Koori Court Division of that court.

S. 4D(2) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 35.5).

    (2)     An appeal to the Koori Court Division under section 254 or 257 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 must be conducted as a re-hearing and is limited to an appeal against the sentence imposed.

S. 4D(3) amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 35.6).

    (3)     Sections 256(1) and 259(1) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 do not apply to an appeal to the Koori Court Division.

S. 4DA inserted by No. 26/2012 s. 15.