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Justices Act 1886
sec.126Transmission of depositions
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### sec.126 Transmission of depositions
When a defendant is committed to be tried or for sentence the committing justices shall, as soon as practicable after such committal, transmit, or cause to be transmitted, all informations, depositions, statements and undertakings as to bail relating to such committal, in the following manner—
if the committal is to a court to be held within the Northern Region or Far Northern Region—to a crown prosecutor stationed in that region; or
in all other cases—to the Attorney-General or director of public prosecutions.
In this section—
Far Northern Region means the Far Northern Region of the Supreme Court.
Northern Region means the Northern Region of the Supreme Court.
The Far Northern Region and the Northern Region are declared under the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 .
s 126 sub 1964 No. 32 s 55
amd 1980 No. 35 s 4 (1) sch 1 ; 1985 No. 25 s 9 ; 1997 No. 3 s 122 sch 2 ; 1997 No. 38 s 3 sch ; 2008 No. 59 s 66 ; 2011 No. 45 s 155 ; 2022 No. 12 s 52 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.126-ssec.1) When a defendant is committed to be tried or for sentence the committing justices shall, as soon as practicable after such committal, transmit, or cause to be transmitted, all informations, depositions, statements and undertakings as to bail relating to such committal, in the following manner— if the committal is to a court to be held within the Northern Region or Far Northern Region—to a crown prosecutor stationed in that region; or in all other cases—to the Attorney-General or director of public prosecutions.
(sec.126-ssec.2) In this section— Far Northern Region means the Far Northern Region of the Supreme Court. Northern Region means the Northern Region of the Supreme Court. The Far Northern Region and the Northern Region are declared under the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991 .
- (a) if the committal is to a court to be held within the Northern Region or Far Northern Region—to a crown prosecutor stationed in that region; or
- (b) in all other cases—to the Attorney-General or director of public prosecutions.