I N THE SEVEPU'TH YEAR O F
G WILLIAM THE FOURTH.
necessar; %or th e orrier and weh.beingof M $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
nvirlce of f!oulh Australia that Courts GGeIlerRl er ~ u a r t e r d Petty Sessions be established within
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tI1:l m ,,,,G-crrsn by @is ~ x c e l l c n e y Jotrw
HINDMARSH, Knight
of the r i m Guelphic Order, G o v e r n ~ r and Commander-in-Chief ofand with t h e advice of the Legislative Council of the f ilor *-, that is l o say-
General or Quarter Sessions for the said Province, or Goberno: t o RP.
thereof, shall be holdcn, and the same are hercby .authorised point place for tlmc holding and
a t such times and places as the Governor in Council by pro- General sessions,
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the said Courts of General or Quarter Sessions shall have power General Sessions
L!-. and to them power and authority is hereby given, to take
Ewe:cin
of matters and things cognizable in Courts of General or land, sion.: in England so far as thc circumstances and condition of Pro-mce shall require ancl admit and of such matters and things P r c > : w y to give effect t o any future Acts of the Council of the
Courts of General or Quarter Sessions sE all have General Sewions
nd p w e r and w&~rjltg is hereby given to them, to tohaveco@imr- of all crimes. "'S
sumniary manner of all crimes and misderneanors and purie abtt 'escription not punishable upSth ideath,%w;hich, +all or w i t l l ~ e o t ~ .
in the said Province. ,+ , .
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Justices members IV. T h a t all Magistrates or Justices of the Peace for the said 1
of Court of &S- shall be and are hereby constituted a n d appointed Members of and
8ions.
in the said Courts of General or Quarter Sessions,
Petty Sessions V. That Courts of Petty Sessions shall and Inay be holden a t s.cu p a y be hoiden. and places as may be necessrtryl)eforc two or more of His Majesty's
of the Peace for the said l-'rovince, or' l~efhre any two or more Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the district in which such C P e t t y Sessions may be held .respectively.
Pettv Sessions VT. T h a t such Courts of Pettv Sessions shall have cornizance of
have demcanors and offences not p.&ishable with death or Gansprtatii
zance of all Inis-
demeanors, kc., power is hereby given to them to inflict penalties or fines to an am,
not pu~lisllable exceeding Twenty p011nd.s sterling, and to punish b y imprisonmen
with death Or tention in a prison or house of correction In solitary confinement
transportation.
wise, a t the discretion of the Magistrates, for any term not exceedi calendar months.
Rules and forms 111. That the said Courts of General or Quarter Scssions sb
and fees to be time to time settle such forms of process and such rulcs of prnc
nett'ed byGencra1 Sessions and ap- proceeding for the corlduct and dispatch of business in the same an proved of by G"- Courts of l'etty Sessions throughout the Province, and shall appc
erno or. reasonable fees to be taken as shall seem necessary and proper for el
the business of the said Courts with the most convenicnc.e to the 11 least expence to the parties concerned ; and that such rules and forn approved of by the Goternor of the said J'rovince in Councll, sha served and followrd, and such fees paid accordingly and no other.
(Signed, 5. TTINIlICIi\RSH.
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ADELAIDE
: Printed hy authority byR Q ~ E R T
Government l'rinters, Hindley-strr