17AClerk of petty sessions to have care and custody of records of court

17A Clerk of petty sessions to have care and custody of records of court

[Section 17A Inserted by No. 115 of 1986, s. 4 ]

(1)  A clerk of petty sessions shall have the care and custody of all the records of the court of which he is the clerk.

(2)  In subsection (1) , records includes, without limiting the generality of that expression –

(a) the complaints and applications lodged with a clerk of petty sessions and any documents filed in connection with those complaints and applications;

(b) where evidence in proceedings in a court of summary jurisdiction is recorded by mechanical means on to tapes or other apparatus, those tapes or other apparatus; and

(c) the record of those proceedings that are taken by the justices pursuant to section 50A (1) .