VPRS 13350 Court of Petty Sessions Civil/Summons Register

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.

《历代治安法官法案》（Successive Justices' Acts）及近期出台的《治安法院法》（Magistrates' Court Acts）要求法院书记员或登记官制作并留存本院所有定罪裁决、法庭命令及其他诉讼程序的登记册，此类登记册为法院的权威官方档案。20世纪时，诸多法院——尤其是规模较大的法院——会根据本院受理的案件类别分设多套登记序列。通常而言，登记册会依据被告到庭的方式进行分类建档：民事/传票登记册（Civil or Summons Registers）用于记录以传票传唤被告到庭的案件详情，涵盖民事案件与准刑事性质案件；另一种主要的被告到庭途径为逮捕。民事/传票登记册的格式与其他所有简易法庭登记册（Petty Sessions Registers）基本一致，载明案件编号、检察官或告发人姓名、被告人姓名、案件到庭方式（所有此类条目均标注“传票”）、产生的诉讼费用、指控事由、诉讼缘由或诉讼程序的具体说明、裁决结果或法庭命令，以及备注事项。备注栏通常用于记录罚金与诉讼费用的缴纳情况。为核验登记条目真实性，法院主审法官需在每日庭审结束后签署该登记册。