Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 9 - DANGERS TO THE COMMUNITY Part 9.5 - Identity crimePower is conferred by this Division on a magistrate only in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court.
(2)
The magistrate need not accept the power conferred.
(3)
A magistrate exercising a power under this Division has the same protection and immunity as if he or she were exercising that power as, or as a member of, the court of which the magistrate is a member.
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