VPRS 1789 Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court Police/Arrest 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.Until about 1888 this record was usually called a Cause List Book and had a slightly different format, since then the term Register has been used.In many courts, particularly larger ones, clerks have maintained several sequences of registers according to different types of matters dealt with by the court. Police/Arrest Registers record details of criminal cases where the defendant was arrested by the police and brought by them to court. (The other main mechanism for commencing criminal cases and bringing defendants to court was by summons.)Police/Arrest 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 "arrest") 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.

《历届治安法官法案》（Successive Justices' Acts）及近期颁布的《治安法院法案》（Magistrates' Court Acts）均要求法院书记员或登记员制作并留存所有定罪裁决、法院命令及其他诉讼程序的登记册。该登记册为法院的权威档案记录。直至约1888年，此类记录通常被称为案由清单簿（Cause List Book），格式略有差异；自此以后，"登记册（Register）"这一术语开始被沿用。在诸多法院，尤其是规模较大的法院中，书记员会依据法院受理的不同案件类型，维护多套序列的登记册。警方逮捕登记册（Police/Arrest Registers）用于记录被告人被警方逮捕并带至法院的刑事案件详情。（启动刑事案件并将被告人带至法院的另一主要方式为传票传唤。）警方逮捕登记册的格式通常与所有其他治安小额法庭登记册（Petty Sessions Registers）保持一致，需记录案件编号、公诉人或举报人姓名、被告人姓名、案件提请法院的方式（所有此类记录均会标注"逮捕"）、产生的诉讼费用、指控事由、案由或诉讼程序说明、裁决或法院命令，以及所有备注信息。备注栏通常用于记录罚金及诉讼费用的缴纳情况。为确保登记条目真实有效，法院主审法官需于每日工作结束后在登记册上签字。