Criminal jurisdiction
42 Criminal jurisdiction
Except as provided in subsection (2), the Court has all the jurisdiction and powers that the Supreme Court has in respect of any indictable offence.
The Court does not have jurisdiction to try an accused person charged with an indictable offence that is —
a crime under The Criminal Code section 279, 280, 283, 288 or 290; or
an offence, or offence of a class, prescribed in the regulations.
The jurisdiction conferred on the Court by subsection (1) does not limit or diminish the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court as a Court of criminal jurisdiction.
[Section 42 amended: No. 118 of 1981 s. 8; No. 52 of 1984 s. 49; No. 74 of 1985 s. 21; No. 14 of 1992 s. 6(8); No. 53 of 1992 s. 10; No. 36 of 1996 s. 32(1); No. 29 of 2008 s. 31; No. 3 of 2017 s. 9; No. 28 of 2018 s. 4.]
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