Court of Petty Sessions Act 1969 (ACT)

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS

No. 12 of 1969

An Ordinance to amend the Court of Petty Sessions

Ordinance 1930-1968.

1.—(1.) This Ordinance may be cited as the Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance 1969.*
(2.) The Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance 1930-1968f is in this Ordinance referred to as the Principal Ordinance.

(3.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, may

be cited as the Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance 1930-1969.

2. Section 20 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words "Four hundred dollars" (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words " One thousand dollars ".

3 . Section 33 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words " Four hundred dollars " and inserting in their stead the words " One thousand dollars ".

4 . Section 132 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting the words " Four hundred dollars " (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words " One thousand dollars ".

5.—(1.) The Principal Ordinance, as amended by this Ordinance, applies to, and in relation to, every action in the Court of Petty Sessions commenced on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

(2.) Notwithstanding the amendments effected by this Ordinance, the Principal Ordinance continues to apply to, and in relation to, an action in the Court of Petty Sessions commenced before the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine.

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* Made on 19 June 1969; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette and commenced on 20 June 1969.

t Ordinance No. 21, 1930, as amended by No. 21, 1932; No. 17, 1934; No. 13, 1936; Nos. 5 and 28, 1937;

Nos. 25 and 35, 1938; Nos. 20 and 22, 1940; No. 13, 1949; Nos. 7 and 12, 1951; No. 14, 1953; No. 12, 1958;
No. 2, 1961; No. 2, 1966; No. 1, 1967; and No. 25, 1968.