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COMMUNITY SERVICES (ABORIGINES) ACT 1984 - SECT 179

179 Magistrates Court not to have jurisdiction for certain offences

(1) If--

(a) there is an Aboriginal Court for an area; and
(b) a regulation provides that a proceeding for a specified offence against a regulation must be started in an Aboriginal Court;

a Magistrates Court does not have jurisdiction.

(2) In a proceeding before a Magistrates Court for an offence, it is a defence to prove that the defendant has already been dealt with by an Aboriginal Court for the offence.


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