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District Court of Queensland Act 1967
sec.20Judge to hold court where directed, and to give notice
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### sec.20 Judge to hold court where directed, and to give notice
The court may be constituted at any place.
Notice of the days on which the court is appointed to be held shall be put up in a conspicuous place in the court house and in the office of the registrar, and shall be otherwise published as a judge directs.
When, by reason of the absence of a judge, the court can not be held at the time appointed, the registrar, or, in the event of the registrar’s absence, the bailiff, shall adjourn the court to such day as the registrar or the bailiff deems convenient, and shall enter in the minute-book the cause of the adjournment.
s 20 amd 1995 No. 23 s 10 sch 1 ; 1998 No. 20 s 27 sch 2 ; 2002 No. 34 s 10 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 37 s 49 sch
(sec.20-ssec.1) The court may be constituted at any place.
(sec.20-ssec.2) Notice of the days on which the court is appointed to be held shall be put up in a conspicuous place in the court house and in the office of the registrar, and shall be otherwise published as a judge directs.
(sec.20-ssec.3) When, by reason of the absence of a judge, the court can not be held at the time appointed, the registrar, or, in the event of the registrar’s absence, the bailiff, shall adjourn the court to such day as the registrar or the bailiff deems convenient, and shall enter in the minute-book the cause of the adjournment.