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### 143A Savings provisions
> *\[Section 143A Inserted by No. 17 of 1996, s. 30, incorporation of savings provisions from No. 8 of 1988, No. 82 of 1987, No. 10 of 1993 and No. 72 of 1993 \]*
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> > (1) Where proceedings in respect of an application made under [section 106A](#GS106A@EN) , as in force immediately before the day fixed under [section 2 (2) of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999#GS2@Gs2@EN) [Justices Amendment Act 1988](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) , have not been determined before that day, [Part XA](#HPXA@EN) , as in force immediately before that day, continues to apply to those proceedings.
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> > (2) [Section 140B](#GS140B@EN) applies only to the hearing of a complaint by a court of summary jurisdiction that is commenced on or after the day on which the [Justices Amendment (Addresses on Sentences) Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) commences.
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> > (3) The amendments made by the [Justices Amendment (Fine Defaulters) Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) extend to a person who has been adjudged to pay a sum of money, with or without costs, or for costs alone imposed before the commencement of that Act that was outstanding wholly or in part on that commencement, notwithstanding any period of imprisonment specified in an order made, or warrant issued, under this Act as in force immediately before that commencement.
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> > (4) For the purposes of [subsection (3)](#GS143A@Gs3@EN) , where on the commencement of the [Justices Amendment (Fine Defaulters) Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) a person has served part of a term of imprisonment imposed in default of payment of a sum of money as mentioned in that subsection, the balance of that term is to be calculated in accordance with the amendments made by that Act, notwithstanding the period specified in the order or warrant by virtue of which he or she was committed to prison.
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> > (5) If, before the commencement of the [Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-9999-999) –
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> > > > (a) a copy of a summons was served on the Crown Solicitor or the Solicitor-General under [section 304 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1924-069#GS304@EN) [Criminal Code](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1924-069) , that copy is to be taken as having been served on the Director of Public Prosecutions; or
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> > > > (b) any act or thing was done by or in respect of the Crown Solicitor under [section 368A of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1924-069#GS368A@EN) [Criminal Code](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1924-069) in relation to a notice of alibi, that act or thing is to be taken as having been done by or in respect of the Director of Public Prosecutions; or
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> > > > (c) a copy of an order disqualifying a person for serving as a juror was sent to the Crown Solicitor under [section 7 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1899-032#GS7@EN) [Jury Act 1899](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1899-032) , that copy is to be taken as having been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.