Appearance
328 Appearance
A party to a criminal proceeding may appear—
personally; or
by a legal practitioner or other person empowered by law to appear for the party; or
S. 328(c) amended by No. 67/2011 s. 3, substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 41.7).
in the Magistrates' Court, in the case of an informant who is a police officer or a protective services officer, by a police prosecutor; or
S. 328(d) amended by Nos 32/2013 s. 43(a), 47/2014 s. 259(b).
if the proceeding was commenced by the filing, by a prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class of persons, of a charge‑sheet containing a charge for an offence under—
S. 328(d)(i) amended by No. 32/2013 s. 43(b).
Division 1 of Part 3C or Schedule 3 of the Sentencing Act 1991; or
S. 328(d)(ii) amended by No. 30/2010 s. 77(2), substituted by No. 47/2014 s. 259(a).
section 160 of the Fines Reform Act 2014—
by any other prescribed person or any other member of the prescribed class of persons within the meaning of the Sentencing Act 1991 or the Fines Reform Act 2014, as the case requires.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed person
, prescribed class
). Made under this Act:
- Criminal Procedure Regulations 2020 · under section 420
- County Court Criminal Procedure Rules 2019
- Magistrates' Court Criminal Procedure Rules 2019 · under section 419
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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