Magistrates Court of South Australia

The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia, originally established in 1837 as the Court of Petty Sessions under the Court of Sessions Act 1837 and renamed the Magistrates Court in 1991. It holds original and appellate jurisdiction over summary and minor indictable criminal offences and civil disputes up to 100,000 Australian dollars, can impose sentences of up to five years' imprisonment and fines of up to 150,000 dollars, or 300,000 dollars for work health and safety violations, and operates through 34 magistrates led by Chief Magistrate Mary-Louise Hribal since 2015, hearing about 80 percent of the state's civil disputes and every criminal matter that begins in South Australia, alongside specialist programs such as the Nunga Courts, the Family Violence Court and the Treatment Intervention Court. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/