JUSTICES (AMENDMENT) ACT.
ANNO SEXTO DECIMO
ELIZABETHE II REGINE
Act No. 2 8 , 1 9 6 7 .
| An Act to make further provisions with respect to the service of certain summonses; to alter the basis of imprisonment for non-payment of a fine; to provide for the annulment of a conviction and the re-hearing of an information in certain circumstances; for these and other purposes to amend the Justices Act, 1902, as amended by subsequent Acts; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 30th March, 1967.] | BE |
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —
1. (1 ) This Act may be cited as the "Justices
(Amendment) Act, 1967".
(2 ) The Justices Act, 1902, as amended by subse quent Acts and by this Act, may be cited as the Justices Act, 1902-1967.
(3) Sections three and five of this Act shall com mence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.
2. The Justices Act, 1902, as amended by subsequent
Acts, is amended—
(a) by omitting from subsection one of section sixty- three the word "Every" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "Subject to this section, every"; (b) by inserting next after the same subsection the following new subsections :— (1A ) Subject to subsection ( 1 B ) of this section, where a summons in respect of an offence punish able on summary conviction under any Act is directed to the holder of a license issued under the
authority of that Act, the summons may be served by forwarding it—
(a)
by post to the address specified by that person in his application for grant or, as the case may be, renewal of the license as his address for the service of notices; or
(b)
where no such address has been so specified by that person or where no such address is required to be specified by or under the Act
under
under the authority of which the license was issued, by certified or registered post to the address appearing in the license in force at the time the summons is forwarded.
( 1 B ) The Justice or Justices at the hearing or adjourned hearing of the information in respect of which the summons has been issued may, notwith standing service in the manner provided by subsec tion (1A ) of this section, order that a copy of the summons be served in the manner provided by sub section one of this section, and may adjourn or further adjourn the hearing for that purpose.
(c) by inserting next after subsection two of the same section the following new subsections :—
(3) A certificate purporting to be signed by a prescribed officer certifying that on any date or during any period specified…