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Issues Paper 3 (1982) - Criminal Procedure: General Introduction and Proceedings in Courts of Petty Sessions


Table of Contents
 
Members and Staff of the Commission
Preface
Summary
 
Part I: Introduction
 
CHAPTER 1. OUR TERMS OF REFERENCE
I. Terms of Reference
II. The Criminal Law Review Division
III. Substantive Law and Procedural Law
IV. The Need for this Reference
 
CHAPTER 2. THE LANGUAGE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
I. Introduction
II. Felonies and Misdemeanours
III. Summary Offences and indictable Offences
IV. Committal Proceedings
V. Justices
VI. Information
VII. Complaints
VIII. Warrants
IX. Indictments
X. Trials
XI. Bail
XII. Recognizance
XIII. Depositions
XIV. Appeals
XV. Voir Dire
 
CHAPTER 3. THE STRUCTURE OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS SYSTEM
I. Introduction
II. The Higher Criminal Courts
III. The Lower Criminal Courts
IV. Courts of Federal Jurisdiction
V. The Clerk of the Peace and the Solicitor for Public Prosecutions
 
CHAPTER 4. THE INITIATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AND AN OUTLINE OF PROCEDURES
I. Introduction
II. Indictable Offences
III. Summary Offences
IV. Procedures

    A. Courts of Petty Sessions
      1. Summary Offences
      2. Indictable Offences Table Summarily
      3. Committal Proceedings
    B. The Period between Committal for Trial and Trial
    C. The Supreme Court and the District Court
 
Part II: Our Approach to this Reference
 
CHAPTER 5. SOME GENERAL PRINCIPLES
I. Introduction
II. The Objectives of Criminal Procedure
III. A Question of Balance
IV. An Alternative Approach
V. A Debate
 
CHAPTER 6. THE SCOPE OF OUR REVIEW
I. Introduction
II. Criminal Procedure and the Criminal Justice System
III. Our Objectives and Work Program
    A. Objectives: General
    B. Objectives: Long Term
    C. Objectives: Short and Medium Term
    D. Our Work Program
 
Part III: Courts of Petty Sessions
 
CHAPTER 7. COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS: DELAYS
I. Introduction
II. Proper Delays
III. Existing Delays
IV. The Causes of Delay
V. The Effects of Unwarranted Delay
 
CHAPTER 8. COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS: JURISDICTION
I. Introduction
II. Infringement Notices
III. Indictable Offences which may be Tried Summarily
    A. Introduction
    B. Section 476 of the Crimes Act, 1900
    C. Section 501 of the Crimes Act, 1900
IV. Some General Issues
    A. Introduction
    B. Indictable Offences which Ought to be Summary Offences
    C. Trial by Judge Alone
    D. Trial on Indictment Leading to Conviction of Summary Offence
 
CHAPTER 9. COURTS OF PETTY SESSIONS: PROCEDURE
I. Introduction
II. The Service of Process
III. Representation
IV. Pre-trial Procedures
V. Section 476 of the Crimes Act 1900
VI. Forms of Summons and Listing Arrangements
VII. Pleas
VIII. Prosecutors and Court Officers
IX. The Mentally Ill Defendant
X. Witnesses
XI. Costs
XII. Contempt of Court
XIII. The Functus Officio Rule
XIV. Civil Liabilities of Justices
XV. Compensation Orders
XVI. Recognizances
XVII. Rules of Court
 
CHAPTER 10. COMMITTAL FOR TRIAL
I. Introduction
II. Historical
III. Before the Trial
    A. Introduction
    B. Existing Committal Procedures
    C. Paper Committals
    D. Other Pre-Trial Procedures
    E. Some Issues
IV. Particular Problems in the Present Form of Committals
    A. Introduction
    B. The Title of the Process
    C. The Constitution of the Committing Court
    D. The Joinder of Additional Defendants
    E. The Problem of the Non-Appearing Defendant or Absconding Defendant
    F. The Presence of the Defendant
    G. The Application of the Rules of Evidence
    H. Criteria for Committal: Sections 41(2) and 41 (6) of Justices Act 1902
    I. The Costs of Conveying a Defendant to Gaol
    J. The Taking of Depositions after Committal
    K. Guilty Pleas and Committal for Sentence
    L. Judicial Review of Committal Proceedings



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