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N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 1 Short title
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Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as "The New York City Criminal Court Act."
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 100 Laws repealed
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§ 100. Laws repealed. Chapter six hundred fifty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ten, entitled "An act in relation to the inferior courts of criminal jurisdiction in the city of New York, defining their powers and jurisdiction and providing for their officers" and known as t…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 101 Transitory provisions
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§ 101. Transitory provisions. (1) From and after the effective date of this act the court of special sessions of the city of New York and the city magistrates' courts of the city of New York are abolished, and thereupon the seals, records, papers and documents of or belonging to…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 101-A Pending actions and proceedings
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§ 101-a. Pending actions and proceedings. No action or other proceeding, relating to any complaint alleging a misdemeanor under the multiple dwelling law which shall be pending before any three judge panel of the criminal court on the effective date of this act, which provides f…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 102 Effective date
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§ 102. Effective date. This act shall take effect September first, nineteen hundred sixty-two.
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 2 Definitions
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§ 2. Definitions. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: (1) city--the city of New York; (2) mayor--the mayor of the city; (3) court--the court established by this act; (4) judge--a judge of the court; and (5) rule or order of cou…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 20 The court constituted
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§ 20. The court constituted. The criminal court of the city of New York is hereby established as a single, city-wide court, as provided by sections one and fifteen of article six of the constitution; it shall be a part of the unified court system for the state, and a court of re…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 21 Administration
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§ 21. Administration. (1) As provided by section twenty-eight of article six of the constitution and article seven-A of the judiciary law, the appellate divisions of the supreme court in the first and second judicial departments shall supervise the administration and operation o…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 22 Judges of the court
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§ 22. Judges of the court. (1) Each of the judges of the court shall be a resident of the city. No person, other than one who holds such office on the first day of September, nineteen hundred sixty-two, may assume the office of judge of the court unless he has been admitted to p…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 23 Chief and deputy chief clerks; other admistrative matters
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§ 23. Chief and deputy chief clerks; other admistrative matters. (1) There shall be a chief clerk of the court. The chief clerk and such other non-judicial personnel as shall be authorized by rule or order of court shall each have the power to administer oaths, take acknowledgme…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 30 Judges are magistrates
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§ 30. Judges are magistrates. The judges of the court are magistrates and shall have and exercise all the jurisdiction and powers, not inconsistent with this act, which are conferred by law upon magistrates and police justices under the provisions of the code of criminal procedu…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 31 Jurisdiction
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§ 31. Jurisdiction. The court and the judges thereof, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall have jurisdiction with respect to crimes and offenses committed within the city of New York, as follows: (1) To hear, try, and determine all charges of misdemeanor, except charg…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 41 Practice and procedure
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§ 41. Practice and procedure. (1) Unless otherwise specifically prescribed, the practice and procedure in this court is governed by the criminal procedure law. (2) The appellate divisions of the first and second judicial departments shall jointly adopt rules to implement and fac…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 42 Use of electronic filing authorized
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§ 42. Use of electronic filing authorized. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the chief administrator of the courts may authorize a program in the use of electronic means in cases in the criminal court of the city of New York as provided in section 10.40 of the crim…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 50 Complaints; not to be prepared in courtroom
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§ 50. Complaints; not to be prepared in courtroom. Provision shall be made at all times in each part of the court in which a judge is sitting as a magistrate whereby the clerk, the clerk's assistants or other employees whose duty it is to prepare complaints shall have proper acc…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 51 Trials on Sunday
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§ 51. Trials on Sunday. Notwithstanding any provision of law, a part or parts of the court may be convened on Sunday to hear, try and determine offenses of a grade less than misdemeanor in the same manner and to the same extent as upon any other day of the week.
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 52 Transfer of persons and charges
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§ 52. Transfer of persons and charges. (1) Except as provided in this section, no charge, complaint or person brought before one judge of the court sitting as a magistrate shall be sent before another such judge, or any other magistrate, except for adequate cause, to be fully an…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 54 Arraignments outside the county
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§ 54. Arraignments outside the county. In furtherance and not by way of limitation of section thirty of this act, a judge of the court, in his capacity as a magistrate, shall have power to arraign a defendant, or conduct a hearing upon any charge, in any county of the city of Ne…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 56 Prisoner's right to communicate with friends
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§ 56. Prisoner's right to communicate with friends. (1) The commissioner of correction of the city of New York shall cause to be placed in each district prison a notice in several languages, setting forth that prisoners have the right to send a message or to write to or cause th…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 58 Verification of appearance ticket
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§ 58. Verification of appearance ticket. (1) Where an appearance ticket has been served in lieu of arrest as authorized by article one hundred fifty of the criminal procedure law, in cases relating to violation of any provision of law, rule or regulations restricting the parking…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 59 Liability of judge sitting as magistrate
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§ 59. Liability of judge sitting as magistrate. A judge of the court, sitting as a magistrate who, in good faith and having reason to believe that a crime or offense has been committed, issues process for the arrest of a person, shall not be liable therefor unless it is shown th…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 61 Additional method of payment of fines
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§ 61. Additional method of payment of fines. Rules or orders of court may be adopted to govern the payment of fines by day or night by any person accused of any offense or of violating any provision of any law, rule or regulation without appearing in person, except in cases of l…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 62 Extension of time to pay fine
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§ 62. Extension of time to pay fine. A judge shall have power in his discretion to extend time to pay any fine imposed upon a plea of guilty to or a conviction on any charge of a grade less than a misdemeanor. A judge may issue a warrant or summons for the defendant if he has fa…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 85 Segregation of certain women
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§ 85. Segregation of certain women. Whenever any woman is accused or convicted before the court of any crime arising out of an industrial dispute, such woman shall be segregated from the other incarcerated individuals thereof in any jail, prison or institution to which she may b…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 87 Parole and temporary commitment of women offenders pending trial and sentence
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§ 87. Parole and temporary commitment of women offenders pending trial and sentence. The court, pending adjournment of the trial of a woman defendant, or after conviction pending investigation before imposition of sentence, may, in its discretion, parole in the custody of a prob…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 88 Segregation of prisoners
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* § 88. Segregation of prisoners. In every building used by the court or any part thereof for the detention of prisoners, adequate provision shall be made for the separation of female from male prisoners and of youthful offenders from older offenders of the same sex. Every cell …
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 89 Reports of others acting as magistrates
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§ 89. Reports of others acting as magistrates. Whenever any person, other than a judge of the court, shall act as a magistrate within the city, it shall be his duty to cause a record thereof to be kept which shall contain such information as is required by rule or order of court…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 90 Inspection of penal and reformatory institutions
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§ 90. Inspection of penal and reformatory institutions. All judges of the court shall visit at least once, preferably within three months after their appointment, the workhouse, penitentiary and all other reformatories and institutions to which they have power to commit, and sha…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 91 Stenographers to furnish copies of proceedings
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§ 91. Stenographers to furnish copies of proceedings. Upon any examination, hearing or trial, where stenographic minutes of the proceedings have been taken by an official stenographer of the court, or by a stenographer employed for the purpose, such stenographer must upon reques…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 92 Assignment of police officers
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§ 92. Assignment of police officers. The police commissioner of the city shall from time to time assign such officers as the appellate division of the supreme court having jurisdiction may certify are necessary for the service of warrants, and when so assigned such officers shal…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 93 Display of flag
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§ 93. Display of flag. It shall be the duty of the officer, employee or person having the care of any courtroom used by the court to display the American flag in each such room during all hours that the court is in session.
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 94 Residence of assistant district attorneys
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§ 94. Residence of assistant district attorneys. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any state law, or of the New York city charter or administrative code of the city of New York, any duly appointed assistant district attorney in New York city may reside in any county …
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 95 Health code violations
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§ 95. Health code violations. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, violations of subdivision (f) of section 11.65, 131.11, 139.07, 161.03, 161.05, 181.03, or 181.17 of the health code of the city are hereby declared to be violations. Punishment for violations of subd…
N.Y. New York City Criminal Court Act § 96 Payment of fines in traffic cases
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§ 96. Payment of fines in traffic cases. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to advertise in any manner that for a fee a traffic summons will be presented and a fine paid into the court, or to agree that for a fee a traffic summons will be presented and a fi…