Northern Territory Numbered Acts

LOCAL COURT (REPEALS AND RELATED AMENDMENTS) ACT 2016 (NO 9 OF 2016) - SECT 15

Section 124

repeal, insert

124     JPs not having jurisdiction may remand for hearing before Judge

If it appears to the Court constituted by a JP or 2 JPs that a charge against a defendant may be a charge that should be heard and determined summarily under section 120, 121A or 131A, the Court may:

    (a)     remand the defendant; and

    (b)     adjourn the hearing to the time and place as the Court thinks fit, to be heard before the Court constituted by a Judge.