CPC 6.2 Flashcards
What are the 2 kinds of offences?
Summary and indictable
What does s281 of Criminal Procedure Act (1986) require regarding a table 1 or higher offence?
Admissions MUST be electronically recorded unless there’s a reasonable excuse for not doing so
All summary offences are heard in which court?
Local
What are the 4 primary acts in relation to criminal offences? (CSDR)
Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW)
Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW)
Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW)
What are the two ways offences can be categorised?
Category 1 - Punishment
Category 2 - Procedure
Relating to Category 1 - Punishment offences, what are the 3 offences?
Summary
Minor indictable
Serious indictable
Relating to category 2 - Procedure, what are the 4 offences?
Summary
Table 2
Table 1
Strictly indictable
What does Section 3 of the Summary Offences Act (NSW) relate to?
Definitions
What does s139 of the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) relate to?
Cautioning of persons (procedural)
What does s59 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) relate to?
Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (AOABH)
(Offence creating)
A summary offence cannot be an indictable offence? True or False?
True
s195 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) is what type of offence?
Serious indictable
What section does schedule 3, section 3(1) of the Road Transport Act 2013 (NSW) relate to?
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