Criminal Procedure Act 1986
245Summary jurisdiction of Supreme Court
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245 Summary jurisdiction of Supreme Court
245 Summary jurisdiction of Supreme Court
(1) If, under any Act, proceedings may be taken before the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction, the Court has jurisdiction to hear and determine those proceedings in a summary manner.
(2) The summary jurisdiction conferred on the Supreme Court by subsection (1), or under any other Act on any other court to which this Part applies, is to be exercised by a Judge sitting alone, and not otherwise.
Note.
Section 170 sets out the courts to which this Part applies.
ch 4, pt 5, div 1 (s 245): Ins 2001 No 119, Sch 1 [82].