Criminal Code Act 1899 - Queensland Legislation

Schedule 1 The Criminal CodePart 8 ProcedureChapter 64 Verdict—judgment[s 653]charge was transmitted and no further appearance is requiredin that court by any party to the proceeding.653 Remission of proceedings to court exercising summaryjurisdiction(1) This section applies if a charge against a person for asummary offence has been transmitted to the registry of acourt for the purpose of the charge being dealt with undersection 651.(2) If—(a) the person states an intention of entering a plea of notguilty before the court to the charge or enters a plea ofnot guilty before the court to the charge; or(b) any of the conditions mentioned in section 651(2) arenot satisfied; or(c) the person has been dealt with on the indictmentmentioned in section 651(1) before the charge for thesummary offence is brought before the court; or(d) for any other reason the court decides not to deal withthe charge;the court must direct that the charge must be heard by a courtexercising summary jurisdiction and order the court registrarto send the relevant court record to the registrar of the courtexercising summary jurisdiction.659 Effect of summary conviction for indictable offencesWhen a person has been summarily convicted of an indictableoffence, the conviction is to be deemed a conviction of asimple offence only, and not of an indictable offence.Current as at 1 December 2014 Page 427