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MAGISTRATES COURT (CRIMINAL AND GENERAL DIVISION) ACT 2019 (NO. 43 OF 2019) - SECT 112

Committal to Supreme Court
(1)  When a defendant charged with an indictable offence that is not a minor crime or an electable offence enters a plea to the charge, the Court must commit the defendant to the Supreme Court for sentence or trial.
(2)  When a defendant charged with an electable offence has entered a plea to the charge and also elected to have the offence dealt with by the Supreme Court, the Court must commit the defendant to the Supreme Court for sentence or trial.
(3)  On the making of an order under subsection (1) or (2) that a defendant be committed to the Supreme Court –
(a) the Court must remand the defendant in custody or admit him or her to bail to attend before the Supreme Court on a day to be fixed by the Supreme Court; and
(b) the relevant district registrar is to forward to the Supreme Court, to the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, as appropriate, and to the defendant the following documents and other materials:
(i) the charge sheet;
(ii) the record of proceedings;
(iii) copies of all bail orders;
(iv) the committal order.



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