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Nambucca Court of Petty Sessions was created on 29 August 1871 under the provisions of s.17 of the Offenders Punishment and Justices Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1832 (3 Wil.IV No.3). (1)
The Nambucca Court of Petty Sessions was renamed the Macksville Court of Petty Sessions on 26 January 1903. (2)
The records of the Bowraville Court of Petty Sessions were transferred to the Macksville Court of Petty Sessions on 1 August 1968, when the Bowraville Court of Petty Sessions was abolished. (3)
The Macksville Court of Petty Sessions was abolished on 31 December 1984, when the Local Courts Act 1982 abolished all Courts of Petty Sessions and replaced these with Local Courts. (4)
Endnotes
1. NSW Government Gazette No.215, 29 August 1871, p.1907.
2. NSW Government Gazette No.57, 30 January 1903, p.832.
3. NSW Government Gazette No.81, 5 July 1968, p.2658.
4. Local Courts Act 1982 (Act No.164, 1982), s.9; NSW Government Gazette No.178, 21 December 1984, p.6296.
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