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Act index » Schedule 4 - Savings and transitional provisions (Section 439)
5 Commencing a criminal proceeding
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(1)Chapter 2 applies to a criminal proceeding commenced on or after the commencement day, irrespective of when the offence is alleged to have been committed.
Section 5 sets out how a criminal proceeding is commenced.
(2)Subject to this Schedule, Part 4 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 as in force immediately before the commencement day continues to apply to a criminal proceeding commenced in the Magistrates' Court before the commencement day as if that Part had not been amended.