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Supreme Court Act 1933
68DBack-up and related offences
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68D Back-up and related offences
(1) This section applies in the following circumstances:
(a) if the Magistrates Court commits an accused person for trial or
sentencing to the Supreme Court under any of the following
provisions of the Magistrates Court Act 1930:
(i) section 88B (Court may waive committal proceedings);
(ii) section 90A (7) (Plea of guilty at committal hearing);
(iii) section 92A (1) (Committal for sentence for indictable
offence tried summarily);
(iv) section 94 (1) (b) (Discharge or committal for trial);
(v) section 291G (2) (Childrens Court may send cases to
Supreme Court for sentencing);
(b) at the conclusion of the trial of an accused person for an
indictable offence, or in the course of a sentencing proceeding.
(2) The court must deal with any back-up or related offence with which
the accused person has been charged if the court considers that it is in
the interests of justice.
(3) The court may deal with a back-up or related offence with which an
accused person has been charged even though it is not doing so in
relation to a back-up or related offence with which another accused
person in the same proceedings is charged.
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