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Justices Act 1959
17AClerk of petty sessions to have care and custody of records of court
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### 17A Clerk of petty sessions to have care and custody of records of court
> *\[Section 17A Inserted by No. 115 of 1986, s. 4 \]*
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> > (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.
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> > (2) In [subsection (1)](#GS17A@Gs1@EN) , ***records*** includes, without limiting the generality of that expression –
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> > > > (a) the complaints and applications lodged with a clerk of petty sessions and any documents filed in connection with those complaints and applications;
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> > > > (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
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> > > > (c) the record of those proceedings that are taken by the justices pursuant to [section 50A](#GS50A@EN) [(1)](#GS50A@Gs1@EN) .