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Section 2Part 1 — Introductory

Definitions

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In this Act —
"community service order" has the same meaning as in the Penal Code (2019 Revision);
"court of summary jurisdiction" includes a youth court;
"detention facility" has the meaning assigned to it under section 14(4);
"indictable offence" means an offence which is triable on indictment, whether it is exclusively so triable or triable either way;
"justice of the peace" has the same meaning as in the Summary Jurisdiction Act (2019 Revision);
"magistrate" has the same meaning as in the Summary Jurisdiction Act (2019 Revision);
"offence" has the same meaning as in the Penal Code (2019 Revision);
"offence triable either way" means an offence which is triable either on indictment or summarily, and the terms "indictable", "summary" and "triable either way", in their application to offences, are to be construed accordingly;
"parental responsibility" has the same meaning as in the Children Act (2012 Revision);
"probation order" has the same meaning as in the Alternative Sentencing Act (2008 Revision);
"summary offence" means an offence which is triable only summarily;
"young person" means, subject to the provisions relating to youth rehabilitation orders, a person under the age of seventeen; and
"youth court" means a court of summary jurisdiction constituted under section 3.

Defined Terms

community service ordercourt of summary jurisdictiondetention facilityindictable offencejustice of the peacemagistrateoffenceoffence triable either wayparental responsibilityprobation ordersummary offenceyoung personyouth court

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