50BAdjournment of proceedings

50B Adjournment of proceedings

[Section 50B Inserted by No. 108 of 1974, s. 14 ]

(1)  *[Section 50B Subsection (1) substituted by No. 8 of 1994, s. 5 ]*Any justice or justices hearing any proceedings may, after hearing such of the parties to the proceedings as are present in court, adjourn the proceedings to another court.

(2)  [Section 50B Subsection (2) amended by No. 23 of 2009, s. 23, Applied:16 Jun 2009] [Section 50B Subsection (2) amended by No. 57 of 1987, s. 6 ][Section 50B Subsection (2) substituted by No. 91 of 2001, s. 8, Applied:05 Dec 2001] A clerk of petty sessions may, subject to any directions issued by the Chief Magistrate, adjourn any proceedings set down for hearing by a justice or justices in the clerk's district to another court if a written consent to the adjournment, signed by the parties to the proceedings or their lawyers or agents, is lodged with the clerk before the date of the hearing.

(3)  Where, pursuant to subsection (2) , a clerk of petty sessions adjourns proceedings to a court outside his district, he shall forward all necessary documents to the clerk of petty sessions for the district in which the court is situated.

(4)  [Section 50B Subsection (4) amended by No. 22 of 2007, s. 8, Applied:01 Feb 2008] The rules of court may provide for or with respect to matters incidental to the adjournment of proceedings under this section, including the continuation of bail and remand.