Victorian Current Acts

MAGISTRATES' COURT ACT 1989 - SECT 4X

    (1)     Subject to and in accordance with this Act and the rules—

        (a)     a proceeding may be transferred to the Assessment and Referral Court List, whether sitting at the same or a different venue; and

        (b)     the Court may transfer a proceeding in the Assessment and Referral Court List out of that List and back to the Court for hearing at the same or a different venue.

S. 4X(2) amended by No. 68/2013 s. 6(a).

    (2)     Despite subsection (1), a proceeding in the Assessment and Referral Court List must be transferred out of the List to a contested hearing in the Court if at any stage the accused pleads not guilty.

S. 4X(2)(a)(b) repealed by No. 68/2013 s. 6(b).

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    (3)     Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, if a proceeding is transferred from one venue of the Court to another, the transferee venue is the proper venue of the Court for the purposes of this Act.

    (4)     This section does not limit—

        (a)     any other power conferred on the Court by or under this or any other Act; or

        (b)     any other specific provision made by or under this or any other Act for the making of any report, statement or submission, or the giving of any evidence, to the Court for the purpose of assisting it in hearing any criminal proceeding or determining sentence.

S. 4Y inserted by No. 12/2010 s. 5.