AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS ORDINANCE 1958.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.

No. 12 of 1958

	The purpose of this Ordinance is to amend the Court of Petty Sessions Ordinance so as to facilitate the working of the Court and expedite the administration of justice in the Territory.

	The Ordinance provides for the recording of evidence by shorthand or mechanical means, for committing a person for trial on a plea of guilty at any stage during committal proceedings, for expediting the hearing of appeals and for entering judgment on a default summons served outside the Territory.