(1) Where on the summary trial of an offence committed under this Act and triable either summarily or on indictment a person who is not less than 18 years of age is convicted of the offence, then, if on obtaining information that his or her character and antecedents are such that in the opinion of the magistrate greater punishment should be inflicted for the offence than the magistrate has power to inflict, the magistrate may commit that person in custody to the High Court for sentence and shall, as soon as practicable, transmit to the Registrar of the High Court the record of the proceedings.
(2) On receipt of the record, the Registrar of the High Court shall issue an order to the gaoler to bring the convicted person before a judge of the High Court at a time to be fixed by the judge of the High Court.
(3) The judge of the High Court shall enquire into the circumstances of the case and shall have power to deal with the convicted person as if he or she had just been convicted of the offence on indictment before the High Court.