VPRS 5079 Court of Petty Sessions Civil/Summons Registers

Successive Justices' Acts and, more recently, Magistrates' Court Acts have required the clerk or registrar of the court to make and keep a register of all convictions, orders and other proceedings of the court. This register is the authoritative record of the court. In the twentieth century many courts, particularly larger ones, maintained several sequences of registers according to different types of matters dealt with by the court. Typically, separate registers were maintained according to the means by which the defendant was brought to court. Civil or Summons Registers record details of cases where the defendant was brought to court by means of a summons and include civil cases and cases of a quasi-criminal nature. The other main mechanism for bringing defendants to court was by arrest. Civil/Summons Registers are generally in the same format as all other Petty Sessions Registers, giving details of the case number, the name of the prosecutor or informant, the name of the accused or defendant, how the case came to the court (in all cases this would state "summons"), the fees or court costs accrued, a description of the charge, cause or proceeding, the decision or order and any remarks. The column for remarks was often used to record the payment of fines and fees. In order to authenticate entries made in the register, the presiding officer(s) of the court signed the register at the end of each day.

历届治安法官法（Justices' Acts）以及近年出台的治安法院法（Magistrates' Court Acts）均要求法庭书记员或登记员制作并留存所有定罪裁决、法庭命令及其他诉讼程序的登记档案。该登记册为法庭的权威官方档案。二十世纪时，诸多法庭——尤其是规模较大的法庭——会根据审理的案件类别，维护多套序列的登记册。通常而言，法庭会依据被告到庭的传唤方式分别设立独立登记册。民事传票登记册（Civil or Summons Registers）用于记录以传票形式传唤被告到庭的案件详情，涵盖民事案件及准刑事案件。另一种传唤被告到庭的主要方式为逮捕。民事/传票登记册（Civil/Summons Registers）的格式通常与其他所有简易庭审登记册（Petty Sessions Registers）保持一致，包含案件编号、公诉人或举报人的姓名、被告人或被告的姓名、案件到庭方式（所有此类记录均标注“传票”）、产生的诉讼费用、指控事由或诉讼程序说明、裁决或命令以及备注事项。备注栏通常用于记录罚金及各项费用的缴纳情况。为确保登记条目真实有效，法庭主审法官需于每日庭审结束后在登记册上签字。