Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Court’s
criminal jurisdiction is set out in this section.
(2) The Court has
jurisdiction —
(a) to
hear and determine a charge of a simple offence; and
(b) to
hear and determine a charge of an indictable offence that can be dealt with
summarily; and
(c) to
commit a person charged with an indictable offence that is to be dealt with on
indictment to the District Court or the Supreme Court for trial or sentence;
and
(d) to
commit a person charged with an indictable offence that is to be dealt with
summarily to the District Court or the Supreme Court for sentence; and
(e) to
deal with any case that, under a written law, is to be dealt with by a court
of summary
jurisdiction .
(3) The jurisdiction
referred to in subsection (2) is to be exercised subject to —
(a) The
Criminal Code ;
(b) the
Criminal Procedure Act 2004 ;
(c) the
Children’s Court of Western Australia Act 1988 Part 3;
(d) any
other written law that confers jurisdiction to deal with a charge of an
offence on a court of summary jurisdiction.
(3a) The Court’s
criminal jurisdiction includes any jurisdiction that is conferred on the Court
by a written law other than this Act and that is expressly said to form part
of the Court’s criminal jurisdiction.
(4) In exercising its
criminal jurisdiction, the Court is a court of summary jurisdiction.
[Section 11 amended: No. 84 of 2004 s. 78 and 82;
No. 59 of 2006 s. 73; No. 47 of 2020 s. 11.]