VPRS 5413 Children's Court Register

This series consists of a Chilren's Court Register for the court at Beaufort. The existence of registers prior to 1910 and after 1936 is unknown. Children's Courts were established in Victoria by the Children's Courts Act 1906. This Act came into operation on 1 December 1906. Children's Courts could sit at any place where a Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court sat. The 1906 Act and subsequent legislation required clerks of Children's Courts to keep a register of all cases and decisions of the court. The Acts also set out the form that the register should take. The Childrens Court Register records the case number, the name of the informant or applicant, the name of the accused or defendant, his or her age or apparent age, how the defendant was brought to court (arrest warrant or summons), the court fees due, the nature of the information, charge or application, the courts decision and order and any remarks. The payment of fines or fees is often recorded in the remarks column.

本系列档案包含博福特（Beaufort）地区法院的儿童法庭登记册。目前尚无确切信息表明1910年之前及1936年之后存在此类登记册。1906年《儿童法庭法》（Children's Courts Act 1906）在维多利亚州设立了儿童法庭，该法于1906年12月1日正式施行。儿童法庭可在治安法院（Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court）的任一常设开庭地点开庭。1906年法案及后续立法均要求儿童法庭书记员留存法庭所有案件与裁决的完整登记记录，并明确了登记册的标准格式。该儿童法庭登记册所记载的信息包括：案件编号、举报人或申请人姓名、被告人姓名、被告人年龄或疑似年龄、被告人被传唤至法庭的方式（逮捕令（arrest warrant）或传票（summons））、应付法庭费用、举报事项、指控事由或申请缘由、法庭裁决与命令，以及各项备注信息。罚款或费用的缴纳情况通常会被记录在备注栏内。