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s 17

Re‑hearing of applications by a Judge

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Part IIMarriageable age and marriages of minors

17 Re‑hearing of applications by a Judge

(1)

Where:

(a)

an application to a magistrate under subsection 16(1) or (5) is refused; or

(b)

an application to a magistrate under subsection 16(1) is granted;

the applicant or the person in relation to whose consent the application was made, as the case requires, may, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed time, request that the application be re‑heard by a Judge in the State or Territory in which it was heard, and a Judge may re‑hear the application accordingly.

(2)

The provisions of subsections 16(2), (5) and (6) apply, so far as they are applicable, in relation to the re‑hearing of an application made under section 16 and, for the purpose of such a re‑hearing, references in those provisions to the magistrate dealing with an application shall be read as references to the Judge re‑hearing the application.

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