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Sofala Court of Petty Sessions on the Turon River in the county of Roxburgh was created on 8 August 1851 under the provisions of s.17 of the Offenders Punishment and Justices Summary Jurisdiction Act of 1832 (3 Wil.IV No.3). (1)
The Sofala Court of Petty Sessions was abolished on 1 May 1962 under the provisions of the Justices Act, 1902 (Act No.27, 1902). Its records were removed to the Bathurst Court of Petty Sessions, under the provisions of s.4A(2) of the Small Debts Recovery (Amendment) Act, 1922 (Act No.4, 1902). (2)
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1. NSW Government Gazette No.91, 8 August 1851, p.1297.
2. NSW Government Gazette No.35, 13 April 1962, p.1018.
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