Statute
Section 3ZQF — Crimes Act 1914: Circumstances where judge or magistrate may order carrying out of a prescribed procedure on own initiative
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If: (a) a person is being prosecuted for a Commonwealth offence; and (b) the judge or magistrate presiding over the proceedings related to that offence is satisfied that it is necessary to ascertain whether or not the person is, or was, at the time of the alleged commission of that offence, under 18; the judge or magistrate presiding may make an order requiring the carrying out of a prescribed procedure in respect of the person.
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