No. IX.
A n Act to facilitate t h e P r o c e e d i n g s of J u s t i c e s of t h e Peace in t h e exercise of their sum
m a r y J u r i s d i c t i o n . [ 30th March, 1825.1

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H E R E A S b y a n A c t m a d e a n d passed i n t h e f o u r t h y e a r of t h e r e i g n of H i s M a j e s t y K i n g G e o r g e t h e F o u r t h i n t i t u l e d " An Act to provide until the first day of July one thousand eight " hundred and twenty-seven and until the end of the next Session of " Parliament for the better Administration of Justice in New South " Wales and Van Diemen's Land and for the more effectual Govem" ment thereof and for other purposes relating thereto " it is a m o n g s t o t h e r t h i n g s e n a c t e d t h a t C o u r t s of G e n e r a l or Q u a r t e r Sessions should be h o l d e n i n N e w S o u t h W a l e s a n d V a n D i e m e n ' s L a n d a t s u c h t i m e s a n d places as t h e G o v e r n o r of N e w S o u t h W a l e s s h o u l d a p p o i n t a n d t h a t t h e said C o u r t s should h a v e p o w e r a n d a u t h o r i t y t o t a k e cogni zance of all m a t t e r s a n d t h i n g s cognizable i n C o u r t s of Sessions i n E n g l a n d a n d also i n a s u m m a r y w a y t o t a k e cognizance of all crimes a n d m i s d e m e a n o r s c o m m i t t e d b y a n d of c e r t a i n c o m p l a i n t s m a d e a g a i n s t s u c h p e r s o n s a n d t h e s a m e t o p u n i s h i n s u c h a m a n n e r as i n a n d b y t h e said A c t is m e n t i o n e d a n d directed A n d w h e r e a s i t is e x p e d i e n t t o facilitate t h e P r o c e e d i n g s of t h e J u s t i c e s in Sessions a s s e m b l ed i n t h e exercise of t h e s u m m a r y J u r i s d i c t i o n i n t h e m b y t h e said A c t vested B e it therefore enacted b y H i s E x c e l l e n c y t h e G o v e r n o r of N e w S o u t h W a l e s w i t h t h e advice of t h e Council t h a t t h e several a n d respective J u s t i c e s assigned t o k e e p t h e P e a c e a n d assembled i n Sessions w i t h i n t h e several D i s t r i c t s or places a p p o i n t e d b y t h e G o v e r n o r shall h a v e power a n d a u t h o r i t y t o exercise t h e s u m m a r y J u r i s d i c t i o n vested i n t h e m b y t h e said A c t a l t h o u g h n o p r e c e p t m a y h a v e b e e n issued or n o g r a n d or p e t t y J u r y s h o u l d be r e t u r n e d for t h e p u r p o s e of a t t e n d i n g s u c h Sessions.

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