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The Magistrates Court of Queensland is the lowest court in the court hierarchy of Queensland, Australia. [3] All criminal proceedings in Queensland begin in the Magistrates Court, with minor offences being dealt with summarily , and more serious ones being referred to a higher court on the strength of evidence. [ 3 ]
Murri Courts are a type of specialist community court for sentencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland, Australia.The first Murri Court was established in Brisbane in August 2002, with more being established throughout the state over the next 10 years, catering for both adult and young offenders, under the Magistrates and Children's Court networks.
In Queensland, the relevant act for good behaviour bonds is the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld). [6] Section 19(1)(b) states that "The court may make an order that the offender be released...on the conditions that the offender must be of good behaviour and appear for conviction and sentence if called on at any time during such period". [7]
This was followed by in 1922 with the establishment of the Magistrates Court in the civil arena while the criminal jurisdiction was transferred to the Supreme Court. The State Reporting Bureau was established in 1926 to provide court-reporting and hansard services. [3] In 1958, the District Court of Queensland was re-established by Parliament ...
Additionally, there exists a distinction between Australia's "code states" and "common law states". The code states of Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania have wholly replaced the system of judge-made criminal law inherited from England with legislative instruments that exhaustively define the criminal law within those states. Other ...
The following is a list of courts and tribunals in Queensland as of July 2022: [1] Supreme Court of Queensland. Queensland Court of Appeal; Supreme Court (Trial Division) Court of Disputed Returns; District Court of Queensland; Magistrates' Court of Queensland. Children's Court of Queensland; Coroners Court of Queensland; Industrial Court of ...
The Magistrates Court is a lower court of the judicial hierarchy of Queensland. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The court's criminal jurisdiction covers summary offences , and indictable offences which may be heard summarily, but all criminal proceedings in Queensland begin in the Magistrates Court, even if they are not within this jurisdiction. [ 8 ]
The state magistrates in Australia derive from the English magistrates. All magistrates are salaried officers. The jurisdiction of the magistrates varies from state-to-state. They preside over courts which are, depending on the state, called magistrates' courts, Local Court, or courts of petty sessions.