Justices Acts Amendment Act of 1929 (20 Geo v No. 32) (Qld)

JURIES-JUSTICES. 20 GEO. V. No. 32, 1929. Justices Acts Amendment Act. Provided that where the jury shall have sat on the same trial for more than three days, it shall be lawful for the presiding Judge to direct- (a) That each common juror empanelled on a criminal trial shall be paid a further sum of twenty-five shillings in respect of the fourth and every subsequent day; (b) That on each of such fourth and succeeding days when the trial is in respect of any civil action or proceeding, each party shall pay to the sheriff daily towards a further sum of thirty-five shillings to be allowed to each special juror, such portion of such further sum as may be directed by the Judge, the same to be allowed eventually as costs in the cause. 12531 JUSTICES. An Act to Amend " The Justices Acts, 1886 to . 20 N G o. eo 3 . 2V. . 1924," in a certain particular. THE JUSTICES ACTS [ASSENTED TO 23RD DECEMBER, 1929.] AMENDMENT B" ACT OF 1929. E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent l\fajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queenslandin Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as " The Justices Acts Short title Amendment Act of 1929," and shall be read as one with~: :!truction *"The JusticesAct8, 1886 to 1924," herein referred to as of Act. the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may collectively be cited as "The Justices Acts, 1886 to 1929." 2. The Principal Act is amended as follows : - Section one hundred and eleven is repealed and a Amendment new section is inserted in lieu thereof :_ of s. 111. " [111.] "Vhen any person has been charged before Depositions justices with an indictable offence and has been com- ~~ ~ ~~ SoIlS mitted for trial, the deposition of any person taken absent, &c. before the justices may, if the conditions hereinafter set out are satisfied, without further proof be read as * 50 Vie. No. 17 and amending Acts, supra, pages 1132 and 11030.

12532 JUS'l'fCES. Justices Acts Amendment Act. 20 GEO. V. No. 32, 1929. evidence on the trial of that person, whether for the offence for which he has been committed for trial or for any other offence for which an indictment shall be presented, arising out of the same transaction or set of circumstances as the offence for which he has been committed for trial, and whether or not combined with other circumstances. The conditions herein referred to are the following :- (a) The deposition must be the deposition either of a witness whose attendance at the trial is not required by the accused. person, in accordance with the provisions of section four of *"The Cri1ninal Law Amendment Act, 1892," and which accused person has duly signed the statement in the manner provided by the said section four and the Schedule to such last- mentioned Act, or of a witness who is proved at the trial by the oath of a credible witness to be dead or insane, or so ill as not to be able to travel, or to be kept out of the way by means of the procurement of the accused or on his behalf; (b) It must be proved at the trial, either by a certificate purporting to be signed by the justices before whom the deposition purports to have been taken or by the clerk of petty sessions or any person acting as such, or by the oath of a credible witness, that the deposition was taken in the presence of the accused and that the accused or his counsel or solicitor had the full opportunity of cross- examining the witness; (c) The deposition must purport to be signed by the justices before whom it purports to have been taken: Provided that the provisions of this section shaH not have effect in any case in which it is proved that the deposition, or, where the proof required by paragraph (b) of this section is given by means of a certificate, that the certificate was not in fact signed by the justices or clerk of petty sessions or person acting as such by whorn it purports to have been signed." * 56 Vie. No. 3, supra, page 542. ~

JUSTICES-LABOUR. 1253: ~ 20 Geo. V. No. 37, 1929. Apprentices and Minors Act. r 3. Section four of *"The Oriminal Law Amendment Amendment Act, 1892" is amended by omitting the words "other ~ i:~ ~~ . f than a capital felony" and inserting the words "other than treason, wilful murder, or murder, or any of the crimes defined in the second paragraph of section eighty- one and in section eighty-two of t"The Oriminal Oode" " in lieu thereof. LABOUR. Apprentices and Minors Act of 1929 20 Geo. V. No. 37 Industrial Oonciliation and Arbitration Act of 1929 20 Geo. V. No. 28 Workers' Oompensation Acts Amendment Act of 1929 20 Gw. V. No. 22 An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Law relating 20NGoe. o 3 . 7 V . . to Apprentices and Minors; and for other THE purposes. APl'REN' TICES AND MINORS ACT [ASSENTED TO 23RD DECEMBER, 1929.] OF ] 929. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lativeAssembly of Queenslandin Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as " The Apprentice8 and Short title Minor8 Ac ' t 'J 01" 1929 • " amnedncceomrne· nt Save as hereinafter provided, this Act shall come of Act. into operation on a day to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette, which date is hereinafter referred to as the commencement of this Act; Provided that the provisions of this Act for the constitution of the Apprenticeship Executive, the Group Apprenticeship Committees, and the Advisory Com- mittees, and the authorising of the making of regulations, shall come into operation on the passing of this Act. 2. (1.) Subject to this Act, t" The Apprentice8hip Repeal of Act8, 1924 to 1927" are repealed, and such Acts are ~ : ; entice. herein referred to as the repealed Acts. ahip Acta, 1924 to -------1927." * 56 Vic. No. 3, supra, page 542. t 63 Vic. No. 9, Schedule I., 8upra. page 344-. :I: 15 Geo. V. No. 12 and 18 Geo. V. No. 7, supra, pages ] 1032 !l·nd 11941,