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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.99Childrens Court judge to have criminal jurisdiction over child charged with indictable offence
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### sec.99 Childrens Court judge to have criminal jurisdiction over child charged with indictable offence
A Childrens Court judge has jurisdiction to inquire of and hear and decide all indictable offences, wherever committed, charged against a child other than supreme court offences.
For subsection (1) , it does not matter where an offence is committed or whether or not a child has been committed to be tried or sentenced before the Childrens Court judge on a charge.
s 99 sub 2002 No. 39 s 26
(sec.99-ssec.1) A Childrens Court judge has jurisdiction to inquire of and hear and decide all indictable offences, wherever committed, charged against a child other than supreme court offences.
(sec.99-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , it does not matter where an offence is committed or whether or not a child has been committed to be tried or sentenced before the Childrens Court judge on a charge.