Overall picture
on caseload and disposal at all Court levels
Obscene Articles Tribunal
CASELOAD AND CASE DISPOSAL OF THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL
| | Caseload | Disposal* |
| | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
- | Articles for determination
| 69 055 | 43 533 | 12 746 | 69 596 | 42 404 | 13 894 |
- | Articles for classification
| 1 157 | 931 | 761 | 1 159 | 933 | 762 |
- | Articles for review
| 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
- | Articles for reconsideration
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 70 221 | 44 466 | 13 507 | 70 755 | 43 339 | 14 656 |
* | Case disposal refers to those
articles which have been determined or classified;
those in respect of which determination or classification
is not required with consent of both parties; and
those in respect of which determination or classification
have been reviewed or reconsidered |
WAITING TIME
FOR CASES IN THE OBSCENE ARTICLES TRIBUNAL
| | Waiting
Times (days) |
| | Target | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
- | From referral by a magistrate to commencement
of determination of the subject matter of a court case
|
21
| 17 | 18 | 18 |
- | From receipt of application to classification
|
5
| 2 | 2 | 2 |
- | From receipt of application to review
|
35
| 26 | 19 | -# |
- | From receipt of application to reconsideration
|
35
| - *
| - *
| - *
|
|
| # | | As there is no application for review filed, the waiting time is inapplicable |
| * | | As there is no application for reconsideration filed, the waiting time is inapplicable |
|