Local Court (Criminal Procedure) Act 1928
131Transmission of documents to Supreme Court and evidentiary
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131 Transmission of documents to Supreme Court and evidentiary value (1) When any charge is heard and determined under this Division, the written charge, a copy of the committal brief (if a preliminary examination was conducted), a copy, certified by a registrar to be a true copy, of a transcript of the record or of the record, as the case requires, of the depositions of the witnesses in the relevant proceeding, and the finding of guilt, or the order of dismissal, shall be transmitted to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, there to be kept among the records of that Court. (2) A copy of the finding of guilt, or of the order of dismissal, certified by the Registrar of the Supreme Court, or proved to be a true copy, shall be sufficient evidence to prove a finding of guilt or dismissal for the offence mentioned therein, in any legal proceeding whatever.