Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 (NO. 71 OF 2004) - SECT 57

57 .         Application of this Division

        (1)         This Division applies if in a court of summary jurisdiction an accused is charged with —

            (a)         an either way charge that is to be tried summarily by the court; or

            (b)         a simple offence.

        (2)         If under Division 5 a court proceeds in accordance with this Division, the court may nevertheless at any time exercise a power under Division 5, and in particular under section 55, in relation to any charge of a simple offence if the occasion to do so arises.