SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART VIII. – PROCEDURE.

Division 4. – Trial: Adjournment: Pleas: Practice.

560. PLEAS.

(2) If the accused person pleads, he may plead–

(a) that he is guilty of the offence charged in the indictment, or, with the consent of a State Prosecutor, of any other offence of which he might be convicted on the indictment ;

SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART VIII. – PROCEDURE.

Division 4. – Trial: Adjournment: Pleas: Practice.

561. PERSONS COMMITTED FOR SENTENCE.

(1) When a person has been committed for sentence for an offence, he shall be called on to plead to the indictment in the same manner as other persons, and may plead that he is guilty–

(a) of the offence charged in the indictment ; or
(b) with the consent of a State Prosecutor, of any other offence of which he might be convicted on the indictment.

(2) If, notwithstanding that the accused person pleads that he is guilty, it appears to the court on examination of the depositions of the witnesses that he has not in fact committed–

(a) the offence charged in the indictment ; or
(b) any other offence of which he might be convicted on the indictment,
the plea of not guilty shall be entered, and the trial shall proceed as in other cases when that plea is pleaded.